_PRETTY TERRIFIC SIGNAGE

Since you're on here judging me already, I’m gonna capitalize on your prying eyes and show you what makes my heart smile: great signage. Great signage doesn't have to be great, but it does have to entertain. In fact, I often find signs more endearing when they’re unintentionally ignorant or garishly displayed. Because great signage tells a story with its very existence. It makes the world a more wonderfully absurd and interesting place.

Before your keen eyes is an abbreviated collection of signage that I’ve photographed (nothing pulled from the interwebs). Ever since I minored in Documentary Photojournalism during grad school, capturing stories through signs has been a platonic passion of mine. I even created an Instagram account called @prettyterrificsignage. Here, have a gander.**

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