Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Let me surprise you with a picture by Robert Watcher today:
Robert Watcher: Litter Bins
Street in San Salvador
Robert Watcher chose an excellent starting point for his intriguing series street photography series in San Salvador. I have borrowed his first picture to illustrate an important environmental issue.
Litter bins are so essential to make living in a society pleasant. Without them, rats would spread the plague, yersinia pestis! They not only hide garbage from vermin, potentially allow for composting and recycling.
It so happens that I have been tasked with designing a new architectural form for a city near me! They need 1000! They selected the following design from 6 I submitted. It has a built in gravity lock to stop wild animals opening the lid!
I took an existing top and made the barrel portion rectilinear!
Now my version has to be able to be grabbed by a side loading City Garbage Removal Truck! So stone as in San Salvador is not an option. My design will be a plastic or steel!
Unusual for a photography forum, but these are essential to maintaining the health of the community.
I do like the independant ideas of the San Salvador designers. These are the most handsome I have seen anywhere!
Asher
Robert Watcher: Litter Bins
Street in San Salvador
Litter bins are so essential to make living in a society pleasant. Without them, rats would spread the plague, yersinia pestis! They not only hide garbage from vermin, potentially allow for composting and recycling.
It so happens that I have been tasked with designing a new architectural form for a city near me! They need 1000! They selected the following design from 6 I submitted. It has a built in gravity lock to stop wild animals opening the lid!
I took an existing top and made the barrel portion rectilinear!
Now my version has to be able to be grabbed by a side loading City Garbage Removal Truck! So stone as in San Salvador is not an option. My design will be a plastic or steel!
Unusual for a photography forum, but these are essential to maintaining the health of the community.
I do like the independant ideas of the San Salvador designers. These are the most handsome I have seen anywhere!
Asher