The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: matchbox

This tells you what you already know: it's all about the eyes.

This started from an advertisement for a beauty product called Proteinail which appeared during 1969. There may have been a colour version, but the one I saw was in black and white. I thought it would make a pretty picture if the model was repeated four times, like a tetraptych, so I found a way of doing that. I left it that way for several years. More recently, on a whim, I combined the still black and white tetraptych in a double exposure with a vivid colour close-up photograph of an old matchbox. It's not apparent in this depiction, but for information, the matchbox featured a cartoon-like painting of six dancing girls. It is very attractive on its own, just as the original Proteinail advertisement was. I think this is probably the culmination of the project, but you never can tell.

Pipesmokers lament the shortage of second-hand Wunup Baccyflaps, a cleverly-designed container for tobacco made in art deco style of Bakelite and popular during the 1940s. Photographed with a Nikon D2Xs and a 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor AI lens.

Nikon D2Xs and AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens.

Nikon D2Xs and 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor lens.

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) lens on a Nikon D2Xs. f/8 in sunlight via a window. I shot other photographs of this subject with a 35-70mm f/2.8 AF Nikkor and a 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor. I think the Tamron stands up well for resolution.