Scavenging in NYC

I’m going to New York City again soon. Both times I’ve been, I had a lot of fun taking photos of all of the sights, but this time I wanted to do something different. Between looking at things to do in the city and an episode of Project Runway, I got the idea to set out on a bit of photography scavenger hunt this time around.

I started to create the list myself, but I obviously knew all of the places that I would go and realized that I was being far too easy on myself. To shake things up a bit, I sent a sample list to some of my family and friends and asked them to add items. You have got to love my friends. What has resulted is the following list:

1. Where I am staying
2. Something that tells me where I'm going
3. A street sign with a meaning
4. Something that inspires me
5. Something mentioned in literature
6. Someone doing their job
7. Something inviting
8. Something better in black & white
9. Something that makes me smile
10. Something abstract & unidentifiable
11. Something ugly made beautiful
12. Something purple
13. Something very old
14. Something very new & shiny
15. Something tasty/yummy
16. A recognizable place from a movie
17. Biggest fountain
18. Most unusual statue/sculpture
19. Best store window display
20. Most obvious tourist
21. Most peaceful place
22. Best advertisement
23. Something that represents dignity
24. Something that inspires hope
25. Something that inspires fear
26. Something that represents greed
27. Something with a contradiction
28. A ritual
29. Something that highlights different cultures
30. The most obvious fake cripple begging for money
31. Best dressed on the subway
32. Worst dressed on the subway
33. The most disgusting thing you find laying on the ground
34. Something that reminds you of Louis. :)
35. Something that reminds you of Lois. :)
36. The person with the most butt-crack showing in public. (Can't be you. That's cheating.)
37. Police horse poop from central park and a matching picture of what (or who) it looks like for comparison.
38. A phallic symbol
39. Typical NYC
40. Atypical NYC
41. An interesting view of the Brooklyn Bridge
42. 2-story fast food restaurant
43. Something shady...as in a shady character
44. An NYC manhole cover
45. Something gothic - architecture counts
46. Something heavenly
47. Interesting graffiti
48. A record shop...actually selling vinyl records
49. A famous person
50. Something unexpected
51. Punk rock!
52. "The World's Best Coffee!" (think Elf)

My goal is to find something for every item on this list and in return see some things in New York that I may have overlooked. Wish me luck and creativity.