A trend that has been going viral for the last few years is to pass out a cardboard cutout or icon and have friends take social media photos of it as it tracks it way around the country - or the globe. I know my sister is doing this with an avatar of herself and tracking it for the students at her local library where she is the director.
I guess my take on it over the last decade is geocaching where we set trackables off into the world by hiding them in hidden caches along roadsides or in the woods. I see all of these as a way to find an audience far from home and get a glimpse into just how big the world is.
This is similar, but with a much more creative slant. The Mind Circle is great at featuring these off-the-beaten-path forays into art. Jon Marshall is a writer/ filmmaker, so it is no surprise that he bridges his creative skills into photography with a bit of magic as well. His "gig" is getting very clever with two dimensional cardboard and then uses the beauty of sunset lighting and a touch of Photoshop to make astonishing portraits of himself. Part of his creative writing comes into play as he captions the shots as well on his posts. His choice of perspective as well as setting is pretty spectacular.
These are perfect for these Dog Days of Summer with seemingly endless heat and gorgeous sunsets when we are lucky enough to see them. Here are a handful of my favorites. His platform of choice continues to be Facebook where you can see his real face as well.
