This would make a great clue for a San Francisco scavenger hunt. Anyone know where this was taken?

The answer in ROT13: Ryrcunag & Pnfgyr ng Pynl naq Onggrel

On two previous occasions I’ve taken pictures of colorful cars in nearly colorless contexts, which I’ve emphasized by further desaturating their backgrounds. So it seemed only natural to take a monochromatic (and assymmetric) car and push it a little further.

I imagine that this is what cars are going to look like in the future.

This was my humble submission for A Moment in Time, the New York Times’ Lens Blog’s collaborative project to collect photos from people all over the world taken on May 2nd at 15:00 UTC.

Unfortunately for me that meant 8am on a Sunday morning, so I dutifully set my alarm for 7:55. Of course that also meant I wasn’t out doing anything particularly eye-opening. Instead I was just beginning to open my eyes. So I tiptoed around the apartment, camera in hand, paying particular attention to the morning light coming through the closed blinds. And I settled on that.