boring museum

I've started a Boring Photos group on flickr.

What is boring? It is easier said than done. Landmarks such as Martin Parr's Boring Postcards books are the obvious starting point, but there is also the work of Ed Ruscha ("26 gas stations", "Every building on the sunset strip") and Useful Photography #1 (boring catalog pictures) and #2 (fascinatingly boring pictures from ebay).

I think Ruscha was the pioneer of the modern deadpan style in the 60's, but photographers like Eggelston and Stephen Shore seem to be informed by Ruscha and yet - they aren't boring. Usually.

In 1993, Boring Business Systems became the authorized Haworth Office Systems Dealer, adding furniture systems, space planning and design services, and installing Haworth Systems for Verizon, Mid Florida Credit Union, Peterson Myers Law Firm, Polk Community College and many other local companies.

Thank you for being a bore. Together we can forge a new ennui.