30 Shocking and Unexpected Google Street View Photos
http://www.demilked.com/google-street-view-photos/
"Canadian artist Jon Rafman is an unusual photographer – he explores Google Street Views and takes screenshots of the most incredible sights here. From a toddler left on street to a tiger roaming near a convenience store – “with its supposedly neutral gaze, the Street View photography had a spontaneous quality unspoiled by the sensitivities or agendas of a human photographer,” says Jon. The original pictures were actually shot by an army of Google’s hybrid electric automobiles, each equipped with 9 cameras on a single pole. That’s why Jon calls his project “The Nine Eyes of Google Street View.”"
from here: http://www.rd.com/recommends/strange-views-caught-in-googles-all-seeing-eye/
"This is spooky…and fascinating: Design magazine Demilked recently featured Canadian artist Jon Rafman’s “Nine Eyes of Google Street View” project, so named because of the number of cameras that capture each moment on Google Maps. Rafman took virtual strolls around real-world locations captured by Google, and the scenes he found are bonkers. There’s an apparently abandoned baby outside of a Gucci store, a police stop, a trapped dog, and much more. The whole endeavor could be taken as a disquieting statement on Google’s Big Brother-esque reach, but it’s also a reminder that inspiring and unexpected moments wait around every corner—or every click."
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