Recycled:
American author and travel writer Bill Bryson once wrote, "Never be afraid to recycle old work." He was referring to his literary works, specifically a collection of short stories he wrote for a British newspaper and later compiled into the book I'm a "Stranger Here Myself." Inspired by this idea, I decided to revisit some old images that had yet to see the light of day. Here are ten photographs captured between 2004 and 2014 that never made the cut and were subsequently buried in an old Lightroom catalog—now recycled!
A local Tampa tattoo artist swaps a needle for a spray gun and paints body art, part of the Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival. The festival is a large parade and a host of related community events held in Tampa, Florida, almost every year since 1904.
Piccadilly Circus London, a young couple dressed as punks pose for photographs with tourists for a £5.00 fee.
Two young women celebrate the Tampa Gasparilla Pirate Festival on Bayshore Boulevard.
Marco Giovanni prepares pizza in his van at the Lakeland, Florida 'First Friday' event. First Friday is a family-friendly event held in the streets of Downtown Lakeland between Lemon Street and Oak Street, along Kentucky and Tennessee Avenues. Marco claims to have the best pizza in Florida.
Sebastian, a London street artist, who painstakingly dresses as a silver android to pose for photographs with tourists for a nominal fee. This image was captured along Bankside, south of the Thames River.
A young woman celebrating Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival is captured in a candid startled pose trying a Havana cigar on Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa, Florida.
Morning coffee at McDonald's, 50th Street Station, New York City Subway, Manhattan.
The leaf blower stunt is one of the many street performances at the Florida Strawberry Festival, an annual event in Plant City, Florida.
Getting dumped by text! After thinking the urgent meeting at Jimmy's Corner, a bar in Time Square, was going to be a marriage proposal.
Max, a twenty-week Pembroke Welsh Corgi, photographed at ground level on East Main Street, Lakeland, Florida.