Newport Pleasure Special Offer

December 19, 2011
17-50mm f/2.8, america, autumn, color, consumer, convenience, garden state parkway, gas station, new jersey, night, place, signage, smoking, spooky, still life, type
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The front window of a vacant Shell convenience store off the Garden State Parkway displays a special offer for Newport cigarettes - $8.00, tax included. Iselin, NJ. // 11.29.11 // Arielle Morgan

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I’m ambivalent, at best, about this photo – it reminds me a little too much of Terry Richardson’s work. I just think it’s funny that someone thought that eight dollars for a pack of Newports was a good deal. Maybe that’s why they went out of business.

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