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365 Days of Photojournalism With Stormtroopers

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-good-to-have-friends dept.

Lanxon writes "Wired reports that for one French fan, the Stormtrooper has become an obsession. Stormtroopers 365 is a collection of wacky, witty, and artistic photographs that its creator Stéfan Le Dû has been adding to daily since 3 April 2009 when the project began. 'I got a new camera and I had some Stormtrooper figures sleeping in their blister packs for months. I wanted to start something a bit challenging on Flickr, and I had previously seen some awesome Star Wars toys pictures, and other "365" projects that I really liked,' he says. The two starring Stormtroopers — TK455 and TK479 — have run into cats, clocks, various household implements, and even a DeLorean sports car."

30 comments

  1. Link to the full photo set - by jchawk · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/sets/72157616350171741/

    Enjoy.

    1. Re:Link to the full photo set - by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 1

      I think the whole set is awesome. I'm on the look out now for a way to grab all the originals. I'd consider writing something myself but a couple hours with whisky makes my attention span for coding go right out the door!

    2. Re:Link to the full photo set - by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think the whole set is awesome.

      You understand that yesterday was April 1st, right?

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    3. Re:Link to the full photo set - by pennyloafer · · Score: 1

      It is worth the time to take a look at the series. There was a lot of work done on each take, and some are extremely well done & might give you a laugh or smile.

  2. Re:This... by Gerafix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You must be new here.

  3. Oh, action figures? by Tetsujin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Blah, I thought he had a Stormtrooper costume and was going out and taking photos...

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    1. Re:Oh, action figures? by ImYourVirus · · Score: 1

      Yeah that's what I thought, that would have been way cooler.

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    2. Re:Oh, action figures? by ELitwin · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find your lack of artistic appreciation disturbing.

    3. Re:Oh, action figures? by Tetsujin · · Score: 1

      I find your lack of artistic appreciation disturbing.

      It's just really not half as impressive a project as it sounded from the headline, is all. Of course, Stormtrooper costuming has already been done to death but because of the cost of the suits it's still pretty uncommon - and someone who took the time every day, for a year, to don their armor and take some kind of photo would be a really cool project. And the headline's mention of "photojournalism", to me, implies even more than that - like some kind of attempt to incorporate these Stormtroopers into events of relevance... Or a documentary photo project into which he'd injected Stormtroopers. Wouldn't that be fun? See a Stormtrooper browsing around in an art gallery. Why is he there? Is he making some statement about art? Or is he just there to confound all the people who think that anything out of the ordinary must be interpreted as some kind of statement? Or maybe the Stormtrooper just really likes this exhibit...

      But, no, he's just got a couple action figures and he's taking pictures with toys and pets and things. The small photo collection bored me, really. Good photos, but kind of dull. Oh, look, a kitty, and there's Eeyore. Oh, that silly Stormtrooper is wearing Eeyore's tail. Wackiness ensues... ho-hum. I haven't looked at the full collection yet, I guess it's possible there's something more interesting in there.

      My artistic appreciation isn't something I dole out to anything artistic. I have to appreciate it, you know? This thing just really doesn't rate high on my scale. It's not interesting on a technical level or (IMO) a creative level. No construction, no animation, just scenes of off-the-shelf stuff on a plain background.

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  4. Godwin's Law? by Rog7 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Excuse me for inadvertently invoking Godwin's Law on this so quickly, but when I read the title I first assumed this was some discovered historical footage of Nazi paramilitary assault troops.

    I guess after Jar-Jar and the endless shovelling of Star Wars merchandise, I've kind of filtered George Lucas' franchise right out of my head. Or maybe I just wish I had.

    1. Re:Godwin's Law? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1

      but when I read the title I first assumed this was some discovered historical footage

      I think we've really devalued the term "stormtrooper".

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  5. OB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He goes out on the sorties of the enemy lines, but no one knows what goes on between the landmines.

  6. Re:This... by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're definitely new here.

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  7. Re:This... by Z00L00K · · Score: 1

    Say What?

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  8. Re:This... by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What?"

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    which is totally what she said
  9. Re:This... by alta · · Score: 5, Funny

    yall shuddup, you're all new here

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  10. Chewy... by Anachragnome · · Score: 1

    Chewy looks fucking guilty as hell. He also looks like he doesn't give a shit.

    1. Re:Chewy... by corbettw · · Score: 1

      You can't pull people's arms out of their sockets for losing and NOT be a sociopath.

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  11. Re:This... by blair1q · · Score: 3, Insightful

    mod parent (-1 Truth Hurts)

  12. Slashdotted! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Link got slashdotted, shame to you Wired Magazine!

  13. Shocking by Dr.+Spork · · Score: 1

    Never have I seen such a wretched hive of filth and villainy.

    1. Re:Shocking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Regarding: "Never have I seen such a wretched hive of filth and villainy."

      I think you meant "scum and villainy." Remember, when posting quotes/references, "you must be cautious." ;-)

              -Mike

  14. Re:This... by jnik · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thank you for sparing me that :) We've had "slashdot is dead" thread drift ever since the "what's this slashdot BS, I miss chips & dips" babble died down.

  15. Re:This... by Nathrael · · Score: 2, Funny

    Say what again! I dare ya! I double-dare ya!

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  16. Re:This... by Tetsujin · · Score: 1

    Hey moron, compare UIDs. He's been here a ltitle longer than u

    Oooh, what a burn...

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  17. Re:This... by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    "what again! I dare ya! I double-dare ya!"?

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    which is totally what she said
  18. Re:This... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why the hell would you start your post with:

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    Seriously, what business do you have to complain about slashdot when you start a post in such a non-slashdot fashion, promoting a totally terrible site.