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Amazing Photo from inside a Grocery Store

unaesthetic.net — I don't know why this is so eye-catching, but I can't stop looking at it.

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  • gmprunner, on 11/02/2007, -4/+452But all I need is some bread...
    • DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/11/2007, -109/+26BUT IS IT AMAZING!?
    • raymiester500, on 10/11/2007, -149/+16wow, all that could feed like 800 in darfur
    • Freonce, on 10/11/2007, -16/+44The power of advertising at work.
    • RetroRufio, on 10/11/2007, -6/+552They're almost out of Tidy Cat
    • 0crabby0, on 10/11/2007, -9/+99I can't stop looking at the beans...

      They're in the middle isle... watching back...
    • DrDragun, on 10/11/2007, -14/+43not fair I'm hungry
    • z00k, on 10/11/2007, -6/+72Oooh ... The colors.....
    • chaesar, on 10/11/2007, -11/+71It's one step from becoming landfill.
    • simpleid, on 10/11/2007, -77/+15Wow, that's the most 'unamazing' thing that's ever hit the front page. I'm kind of surprised, in an interested way.

      ..? hmm.
    • carguy84, on 10/11/2007, -23/+41Not shown: SPAM

      http://static.flickr.com/17/22725413_ed4fc6a028_b.jpg
    • deepdiggdude, on 10/11/2007, -8/+122High. Fructose. Corn. Syrup.
    • Gryffydd, on 10/11/2007, -29/+357"wow, all that could feed like 800 in darfur"

      Yay, then they'd just reproduce more, and be starving again. You can't solve a starving population by giving them food. History has shown time and time again that if you give starving people food, their population just expands and then you have *more* starving people. Food + birth control is what it takes.
    • iamshades, on 10/11/2007, -69/+4at first i thought it was one big isle.

      look closer and you see it's multiple isles taken at an angle.

      but a very mesmerizing photo indeed.
    • wiirdo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+200We need Google Street View for this pic.
    • z33Tec, on 10/11/2007, -47/+23im in ur grocery store, stockin ur shelves
    • darzeecompany, on 10/11/2007, -12/+280"wow, all that could feed like 800 in darfur"

      800? Come on... you mix some water with those tubs of Tidy Cat alone, and I bet you could feed a cool thousand.
    • eddieo, on 10/11/2007, -19/+1mmm geedunk!
    • AegisGFX, on 10/11/2007, -20/+3I be Hypmotized!!
    • raitchison, on 10/11/2007, -13/+70""wow, all that could feed like 800 in darfur"

      Yay, then they'd just reproduce more, and be starving again. You can't solve a starving population by giving them food. History has shown time and time again that if you give starving people food, their population just expands and then you have *more* starving people. Food + birth control is what it takes."

      While I agree with you in General in the case of Darfur it doesn't apply, not only are the people there starving they are being massacred, they have significant negative population growth that food alone won't change.
    • sjl127, on 10/11/2007, -18/+3Condoms?
    • TheKidd, on 10/11/2007, -2/+55In my opinion, the image is so appealing because of it's symmetry.
    • MadRat779, on 10/11/2007, -8/+19And i was expecting something a little more.... revealing
    • mccrusc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51The stocker that faced-up before this photo was taken did an amazing job. Everything is so... neat.
    • LethalAmbition, on 10/11/2007, -0/+45I hear this picture is in the next I Spy book.

      ... I spy, with my little eyes, cat food.
    • espithaca, on 10/11/2007, -7/+29It shows that we have a lot of *crap*.
    • CelebVoy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+36@raitchison

      Birth Control, aisle 13 right next to the guns
    • brstilson, on 10/11/2007, -5/+36"Food + birth control is what it takes."

      Or you could send them U-Hauls and Luggage so they could live where the food is.
    • ramiro, on 10/11/2007, -10/+27That is an image you'll never see in any country that adopted too many socialist policies.
    • GTPilot, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2mis-post
    • PdxPhoenix, on 10/11/2007, -4/+25@z33Tec (#7085371) said: "im in ur grocery store, stockin ur shelves"

      Actually given the empty spaces, you arn't & should be fired.
    • entrophize, on 10/11/2007, -1/+53Funny how the digger's username is 'Oatmeal'.
    • jakobahman, on 10/11/2007, -21/+6WTF Guys!?!

      Its a ***** grocery store. What is so special about it?
    • speaker219, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16High-res versions:
      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg
      http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=49545547&size=o
    • speaker219, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18The original pic in high-res:
      http://static.flickr.com/17/22725413_ed4fc6a028_o.jpg
    • jackorilla, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14I think this is either the work of Andreas Gursky (sp?) or a copycat. I saw the original, which I read somewhere is the most expensive photo ever sold. it is wall size, actual emultion photograph, not just a large ink-jet print. His photos are amazing for the scale and formal compostion, and yes their comment on contemporary consumerist society. More at http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/gursky/
    • piwy, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2@speaker219 (#7087009)
      same market diff photo
    • hsoj, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15"birth control is what it takes."

      Aisle 7.
    • patik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Even though it's a still photo it made me think of Koyaanisqatsi
    • littlebylittle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Looks like everything is properly faced.
    • VegaObscura3, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5"wow, all that could feed like 800 in darfur"

      Yay, then they'd just reproduce more, and be starving again. You can't solve a starving population by giving them food. History has shown time and time again that if you give starving people food, their population just expands and then you have *more* starving people. Food + birth control is what it takes.


      And from those new people come new workers to grow more food. Everytime you plant a seed it grows into a fruit containing many seeds. You eat that fruit and plant its seeds, and from those seeds come more fruits containing more seeds. All you have to do is give the starving people seeds and suitable soil and they can survive forever. Soil doesn't get used up (although it takes time for its nutrients to replenish, I think) and the seeds produce more seeds. There is probably some scientific term for this. The only way to have a problem arise from this is:

      1. Something kills your food (global warming etc)
      2. You are reproducing faster than your food is.

      The cause of most of our starving population is the lack of conditions suitable to grow things. Of course everything I've just said applies only to grown food, and not meat.
    • NikoKun, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2is that... is that Michel More staring at the Ragu? LOL
    • CrankyPants, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Ahhhh! the beer is just out of reach. . .
    • aoneal417, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0The first thing I looked for...Vault.
    • youaredoome0, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2This is only mildly retarded.
    • AvidPreatorian, on 10/11/2007, -8/+4how "amazing"...
    • TimDigg, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3The hi res version isn't as cool, because all the colors don't blend together...
    • AriaStar, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Gimme a bong and this image for some hella fun times!
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10It's almost as bad as walking into Brandsmart. I almost had a seizure when I was in that place.

      I don't think it's healthy for humans to have that many vibrant colors jumping out at them. Maybe excessive marketing/advertising is what's causing the increases in Autism and the like.

      In mother nature, you only see reds, yellows and deep blues as CAUTION!/ALERT (coral snake anyone?). Something just tells me that all these colors are screwing with peoples brains and making people suffer from ADD.

    • grauelkimchee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@ raymiester...they're not starving, they're getting killed

      nice try at pity
    • funkydopeloven, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1god i'm hungry
    • chris8535, on 10/11/2007, -13/+3This is the perfect example of how even amoung a mass number of internet citizens not even ONE is educated enough to know this is a rip off of a Gurzky photograph called 99c. This isnt even a good rip off of the photo, the original is much better and of course many many many times higher resolution. I wish Digg people had a more rounded education than just things involving Wii, linux, obscure canidates, macs and paris hilton.
    • pinchduck, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5@gryffydd,
      The people in Darfur aren't starving due to lack of food, they are starving because that is the policy of their genocidal government. What the people in Darfur need is relief from an oppressive and murderous regime. Pithy comments about the poor breading out of control are ignorant.
    • skankyBacon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3@Chris8535

      I bet most of us go "hey cool picture" then move on. I don't think we care who made a similar picture first, or who even took this one for that matter. And I'm sure many people here are educated on things you know nothing about, so just because you might know your photography doesn't mean anyone who doesn't isn't well-rounded or educated.
    • pinchduck, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@gryffydd,
      The people in Darfur aren't starving due to lack of food, they are starving because it is the policy of their genocidal government to force them to starve. What the people in Darfur need is relief from an oppressive and murderous regime. Pithy comments about the poor breeding out of control due to too much food are ignorant. In fact, quite the opposite happens when people suddenly find themselves prosperous: The birth rate goes down as the waistlines expand. Our form of government and our economic system make the abundance depicted possible. Hate, ignorance, and apathy make the atrocity in Darfur possible. I weep for the people over there, and consider myself damned lucky to have been born in a decent country.
    • minipri, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6@Chris8538

      Well "educated" NON mass-number-of-internet-citizen... Isn't his name GurSky instead of GurZky?

      > the pic he's talking about.
      http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/gursky/gursky99cent.jpg
    • minipri, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Damn edit function! :/

      @Chris8538

      Well "educated" NON mass-number-of-internet-citizen... Isn't his name GurSky instead of GurZky?
      Watching to much Paris Hilton yourself maybe?

      > the pic he's talking about.
      http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/gursky/gursky99cent.jpg
    • Supertrout, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2TidyCat, it stays crunchy even in milk.
    • djAnakin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14"all that could feed like 800 in darfur"

      Or, roughly, one Rosie O'Donnell.
    • andburn1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@gryffydd

      How ridiculous - birth control? Jobs. That's what you need to save a starving country - put everyone to work, and pay them enough to support a family. You can help an entire community by building one factory or starting one farm. That's why technoserve is my "charity" of choice: http://www.technoserve.org/
    • avatarpalin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3The products... they ... they follow you around the room...

    • whyteeford, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2I sincerely apologize for the comment abuse, but seriously...gmprunner made a simple, close ended comment. Yet, for some reason, there are 50+ replies to it. What in the hell are you replying to? I can count probably 3 "replies" that have anything to do with what he said, otherwise the rest are their own statements and should be their own comments. When it gets to having to use "@[insert name]", you should know you've ***** up. Start a new comment line, please; don't be a douche.
    • inkrambles, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2First, its a fantastic photograph. I can tell you exactly why it is so eye catching. It has a foreground, a mid ground and a background that is clear. It also has linear perspective. Achieving a strong mid ground is one of the hardest things an artist can do. I know. I am an artist. Foreground and background are easy compared to that mid transition.

      The linear perspective is beautiful and delicate with all the lines that go to a vanishing point. It is so subtle that it is picked up by the subconscious part of the mind first. There are design conventions that automatically appeal to the human senses. This photograph has such appeal.

      When a photograph or a painting or a sculpture has a type of beauty and appeal to it that actually causes us to get a rush of excitement and inner joy, it is very well done. It has artistic magic.

      I think this photograph is rare and wonderful from an artistic standpoint.

      ink
    • airmann90, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3FULL SIZE!
      http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=22725413&size=o
      Yes, the caps are necessary...
    • 0o0Moylan0o0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Pity it isnt an AMAZING. HDR. PIC!!!!!!!

      ...you'd probably have twice as many diggs
  • pikepace, on 10/11/2007, -67/+2Too bad that guy ruins the shot. No wait, there are two people in the image.
    • inputname, on 10/11/2007, -6/+28Um, there's at least seven people.
    • bf01, on 10/11/2007, -7/+255Yeah, but Where's Waldo?
    • jostheller, on 10/11/2007, -14/+5I see at least 8
    • ajchavar, on 10/11/2007, -13/+7actually josh is right, i had to zoom in (ctrl+scroll if youre on a mac and its enabled) but i counted 8, possibly nine, but couldnt tell if my eyes were playing tricks on me.
    • pr0t0, on 10/11/2007, -5/+36Is that Michael Moore shopping for spaghetti sauce in isle 2? Maybe it's research for his new movie "Gross-ery: Fit for Human Consumption?".

      edit: I just saw a couple other diggers noticed Michael Moore as well...didn't mean to steal thunder.
    • wordsthatendini, on 10/11/2007, -3/+42WHere is the HDR version?
    • Twinked, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2I actually count nine (9) in the shot. 1 is kind of behind the other. It looks like a long haired woman behind the man with the hat on the cereal isle.
    • markdr123, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I can only see three.
      Am I stupid?
    • texpundit, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16"Yeah, but Where's Waldo?"

      He's hiding out with Carmen Sandeigo.
    • ThrobbingBrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3@Twinked

      That's his arm...
    • homeagain1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If you look in the top left corner you can see what clearly looks like a woman in a blue jacket, so that could be 9.
      Also if you look closely to the left of that sign near the top right side it looks like there is a head and shoulders of a person, so that might be 10 even.
    • homeagain1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Also if you look at the end of the top right aisle it looks like a person with a red jacket.
  • pikepace, on 10/11/2007, -48/+6I'm sorry, I was not trying to make two worthless posts.
  • BrettFromTibet, on 10/11/2007, -17/+1Uh-mazing! The ultimate psychedelic grocery store!
    • kethraal, on 10/11/2007, -17/+5Note to self: do not look at this picture after a couple bowls.....
    • Reziarfg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3@kethraal

      I ate 4 bananas today, but you don't see me bragging.
  • theexitwound, on 10/11/2007, -7/+95I found Waldo!
    • kellymahan, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1lol i was about to post the same thing.
    • kylebrothert, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1And what are the odds that Michael Moore would be in it?
  • jonnyboyca, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9This reminds me of what it looks like at Long Drug Store's when I worked there sitting up in the "lookout" one way mirrors they have lining the entire store. Yes.. Longs Drugs is always watching you...
    • jonnyboyca, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9See this picture for an example of the Big Brother mirrors at Longs Drugs..

      http://static.flickr.com/39/112591454_0248b7f69b.jpg

      Look at the top of the store walls.. those mirrors have a walkway around the entire store.

      ~jon
    • TomT223, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2If you have ever been in the back of a post office, they have the same thing. Employees sorting mail never know if someone is watching them or not.
    • leetdood, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9That picture looks like it'd be an awesome counterstrike map...
    • PhantomZmoove, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Yeah except that now making video game maps out of real places is almost criminal.

    • craftyshrew, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I remember my first job was at a brand new grocery store. Walking the isles of a perfectly faced store is mesmerizing...Then the doors open...
    • Elliuotatar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I was in CVS once, standing too close to the soda fridge at the back of the store trying to decide what to get. They too have those two way mirrors. Where I was standing below the mirrors they couldn't see me and after a few moments someone went on the intercom and said "camera on aisle 3 please", which was where I was. That pissed me off, because I resent the constant surveillance and bag searches we're subjected to these days in stores, so I just left without buying anything.
    • hexydes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@Elliuotatar: "That pissed me off, because I resent the constant surveillance and bag searches we're subjected to these days in stores, so I just left without buying anything."

      Then perhaps you should blame the people that steal items from the grocery stores. Unlike "stealing" music on the Internet, this actually is real theft (tangible loss of physical goods), and the stores have to do something to try to limit the impact it has on their bottom-line. Those people are the real problem in society, because if it weren't for them, then there would not be an excuse for concepts such as "Big Brother". It is explicitly because of these people that we willingly allow our privacy to be limited in some aspects of life.
  • secretwhistle, on 10/11/2007, -80/+15Sometimes the sheer power of capitalism can be overwhelming.


    Catsup...

    Ketchup...

    Catsup...
    • GirthAgain, on 10/11/2007, -4/+75what does that even mean????
    • sailor, on 10/11/2007, -6/+33its not capitalism dumbass...
    • bigtizzle, on 10/11/2007, -15/+17But it IS a Mr. Burns reference. Dugg.
    • NSMike, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37Perhaps you meant consumerism.
    • arturo611, on 10/11/2007, -0/+35Simpsons anyone?

      Grocer: He's, uh, talking to the ketchup, now. Burns is sure acting nutty.
      Supervisor: Maybe going broke and losing his plant destroyed his brain.
      [they go to Mr. Burns]
      [Mr. Burns shakes and listens to the "Catsup" and "Ketchup" bottles]
      Could you come along with us, sir?
      Burns: Are you here to solve my ketchup problem?
      Grocer: Yess, that's right.
    • JorgeGT, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Where are the cereals with my name?
    • Dan11023, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Please speak ENGLISH
  • ripstuntz, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Yummmmmmm
  • gmark13, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5Look at all the pretty colors.................................
  • geekchic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+41Ouch - don't look at that photo with a hangover.
  • urbannomad23, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2someone's gonna get a seizure!
  • cutmaster, on 10/11/2007, -9/+5Wow. I guess
    • VeritasAequitas, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2Exactly what I was thinking!
  • aznpjai, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1wow very colorful :)
  • motivatedguy, on 10/11/2007, -43/+0No one should go hungry in this country...
    • JimmyTheClam, on 10/11/2007, -3/+35Dugg down for your lame attempt at turning a non-sequitur into something poignant.
  • Wildren, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1That thing is old o.O
  • spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+112People really REALLY need to find new adjectives other than 'amazing' for photos and 'addictive' for flash games.
    • Scyth3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+35What a stupendous idea....
    • logicalnoise, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20here's a list from rogets:
      amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, darb, exceptional, fab*, fantastic, flash*, gnarly*, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, primo, rare, remarkable, singular, some, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terrific, tough, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, weird, wicked*, wonderful, zero cool

      happy posting
    • GirthAgain, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1http://digg.com/tech_news/Attention_all_prospective_front_pagers
    • TridenTBoy, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3I say they start using terms like WICKED
    • john570, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4Somebody needs to get this picture into North Korea. Ill bet if the people there saw how the western world was eating they would riot and overthrow what's his name.
    • uknowwhoibe, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Some might say that using "REALLY", and in all caps, might be just the irony we needed to chuckle at you.

      Some might not understand the point, either.
    • ryanspahn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4This picture needs to be made into a flash game. With a better zooming quality...game would instruct users to find certain items, what aisle they are in and what section the aisle in a given amount time. More you find higher your score is
    • falcon413, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1amazing flash games! addictive photos! :)
  • orlyfactor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19Now all I need are some mushrooms or LSD and my day is complete...
  • igyigyigy, on 10/11/2007, -4/+46This was the wikipedia photo of the day on March 29, 2007
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg

    "The New Fred Meyer on Interstate on Lombard" (7404 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97217).

    It was my desktop background for a while.
    You should check out the archive of wikipedia POTDs, some of them are pretty fantastic
    • samafito98, on 10/11/2007, -13/+1It was my desktop background too and I got it from Wikipedia too! Small world :)
    • DCUK, on 10/11/2007, -8/+29Why the hell would you put that as your desktop?
    • jmanlasman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38I just tried adding it to my desktop background, but I found myself going to the refrigerator every couple of minutes.
    • Ryosen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14@DCUK

      Because art is subjective.
    • ChronicColonic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+46I used it as my background too. The problem is my icons are grocery items. I think My Computer is on isle 7...but I am not sure. My Recycle Bin is a can of Spam and I am having a hard time locating that as well. Maybe I should call Fred Meyer and ask them what isle has Spam.
    • ShooterMcGavin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Thats a Fred Meyer? Wow, the ones near me totally suck. Every single time I go there, they will be out of at least 2 or 3 things I'm looking for. They don't keep their shelves stocked for *****. Makes me crazy.

      So, I go to Albertsons and pay more. But, at least they keep their shelves packed.
    • linuxinit, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/July_2007

      Wait... What?!

      It's not July yet!
    • jclicky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3sorry for the comment abuse, but I thought I'd post a link to another couple of photographs this one reminded me of:

      http://www.popphoto.com/photographynewswire/3911/the-first-3m-photograph.html

      That Diptych sold at auction for over 3 million, but why pay that much when you can get this picture for free?
    • ChronicColonic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@linuxinit

      From the link you posted: These featured pictures previously appeared (OR SHALL APPEAR) as Picture of the day as scheduled below.
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1What a beautiful scene: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Desinsertion_du_muscle_CO.jpg
    • orph3us, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I live in Portland, OR.. Fred Meyer started out here and then spread to Washington and other surrounding states.. Then they got bought out by Krogers but continue to be called Fred Meyer. Krogers is in the east coast is it not?
  • Fragged58, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0It's soo beautiful. can't...look...away...
  • hadak, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2looks like a farmer jack.
  • Bionicjive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Looks like one of those 3D Stereogram Images. (Looks for the subliminal 3D image)
    • socokoolaid, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4It does have some wallpaper (stereogram) effect to it. I could almost see something in it. I'm pretty sure that is what makes the image so appealing.
  • pandastick, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2anyone knows where i could get this in high res?
  • sh0rtstop00, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0this photo is the most expensive photo in the world...
  • achantra, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24That photo is very reminiscent of the 99cent store photo by Andreas Gursky, who specializes in huge landscape photography.

    http://www.photoq.nl/specials.php?reportid=41
    • uuhclem, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Yes, although I think the Gursky photo was actually a composite of many different angles, this appears to be a semi-straight shot.
    • PhillyVu, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10the photographer (Lyza) actually gives homage to Andreas Gursky. She knew someone would compare the photo to his style.

      I've been to this place. It's big, but the picture makes it feel a lot larger. This is taken from the second floor of the store, kinda like a food court.
    • anchorboi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4You are right, Gursky typically constructs his works in an extremely meticulous fashion from many shots to create the unreal perspectives that became a trademark of his photography style.
  • nemesiscw, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Looks like a Fred Meyer in Redmond, WA right across the street from Target.
    • Blarbo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It does look like that Fred Meyer, but the flickr tags says it's in Portland.
  • LordStryker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Now if GoogleMaps would only map out my local grocery store.....
  • MattMcConaughey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Looks like Manute Bol helmet cam day.
  • IShouldBeWorkin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3spill in aisle three...
  • colonelDebugger, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Wow, amazing
  • wiberg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1i see 8, unless that guy has a really ***** up hair cut
  • jayjaykay, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1they are running low on Tidy Cat: Multiple Cat Kitty litter...
  • thephosphorbox, on 10/11/2007, -16/+2Interesting in that its taken from a perspective which most of us probably never see in a grocery store unless we climb up the shelves.
    • isuisorisuaint, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21DING DING DING!!!! Tell him what he's won, Johnny!!!
  • castingshade, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1you can now buy food individually?
  • justinkabbes, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0I feel so high up... I was tempted to spit on that guy's head.
  • nemesiscw, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Durrr, posted too late. :/ RIght after the Fred Meyer post.
  • dgarallenpoe, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4soon to be a feature photo in adbusters juxtaposed to a pile of starving Bulgarians, or maybe a forest stream.
    • JamesWilson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2@dgarallenpoe (#7085085)
      For the uninformed, adbusters rocks!

      http://www.adbusters.org
    • secretwhistle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2JamesW -
      That phrase seems a little confusing.

      Was that a recommendation for adbusters or something that only the uninformed type find interesting?
    • JamesWilson, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1When I originally made the comment, the parent comment was being buried, I wanted to show support for adbusters and explain to those who may have not heard of them.
  • Takuro, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Looks like they have no shortage of soda and Skippy peanut butter.

    Erm... why is this in the technology section? Because it was taken with a digital camera?
    • ajchavar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1in design, cause theres no photo section
  • Namco, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5How is this in the Technology > Design section?
    • logicalnoise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3plan o gram porn?
    • phantom_mullet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31Because Digg hasn't added a Photos > Grocery Store section yet.
    • se7en11, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Because it's the best designed website in the world! Did anyone else notice that this image is not a link to an image, but to index.php in the domain's root dir.
  • punchinelli, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Cool picture, but I remember it being a Featured Picture of the Day or whatever on Wikipedia -

    Did a minute worth of searching, and found it in the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket

    Direct link to picture with artist cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg

    • swooshonln, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Did a minute work of comparing, looks like they are different pictures

      Just compare cans. (bottom middle, look for the spare where there are no cans, then look in the wikipedia pic, there are cans in that spot) They are NOT the same picture.
    • Caruthers, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Is it just me or do those Japanese apples in the Wikipedia link look retardedly large?
  • t-readyroc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7CONSUME!
  • noopsy, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2The photo is the work of Andreas Gursky and is about 6 feet by 12 feet wide. He's taken other super-sized photos, but the grocery store on is a favorite of mine because of all the detail.

    other works via Google Images:
    http://tinyurl.com/2o8xmq
    • anchorboi, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6This is NOT a photo from Gursky's "99 cent" diptychon, although the artist has obviously been "inspired" by it.
    • noopsy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3:anchorboi
      you're absolutely right - not the Gursky. My bad, should've looked more closely.
  • bonojerry, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5The image was created with a small aperture, leading to the whole picture being in focus, which is a vision of the area that is better than if you were actually there....there are some aspects of some photographs that provide a vision that is beyond what we would normally see.

    One of the most amazing experiences is to stand in front of Brett Weston's Holland Canal. He shot it with an 11x17 view camera, an incredible small aperture, and the print quality is the best....to see the image in person is almost a spiritual experience.

    This grocery store image shows that spiritual photographs aren't limited to images of nature OR a grocery store can be nature, too.
  • samsims, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0cmon...they dont have my favorite snack...
  • jimbobaii, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Quite sinister in my view. Everything in its right place, in nice tidy rows. in a nice tidy shop.

    Society is obsessive compulsive, I'm sure.
  • jmousseau44, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0This photo also appeared in an a back issue of Adbusters. It's still a trip.... Consumerism at it's grandest.
  • DblTap, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Centerfold for Starvin Marvin.
  • invisiblehat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Quick! count the items!
  • invisiblehat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Where's the DXM?
  • jacobed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10If you blur your vision a little, it's like staring into the world's largest crayola box.
  • wiirdo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16The cats don't know we stock their food next to their toilet.
    • Hockey37, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Except for Ceiling Cat. Ceiling Cat knows and sees all.
    • po43292, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I'm in yr ceiling, watchin ur groceriez.
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