{"id":13903,"date":"2014-04-14T22:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=13903"},"modified":"2014-05-27T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T07:54:55","slug":"photo-essay-old-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=13903","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay:  Old Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagphotos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13411\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagphotos.jpg\" alt=\"tagphotos\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagphotos.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagphotos-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, I did some spring cleaning and in our spare room, I came across an old shoe box that needed emptying.\u00a0 As I rummaged through this weathered old assortment of Cons, Adidas, Skechers and boots, I was surprised at how vividly some memories came back to me that were associated with each pair.<\/p>\n<p>There were shoes I wore when I visited Scotland, Japan, New Zealand and Brunei.\u00a0 Runners that I remember wearing when we were exploring Sydney and getting lost in Melbourne for the first time.\u00a0 I even found Jen&#8217;s old Cons that she wore on our wedding day.<\/p>\n<p>The surprising fondness I developed for some of these smelly old pairs of shoes made me decide to photograph them for posterity before I let them go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas003.jpg\" alt=\"blackadidas003\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas003.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas003-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas002.jpg\" alt=\"blackadidas002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas002.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12952\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas001.jpg\" alt=\"blackadidas001\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas001.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blackadidas001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow aligncenter\"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"tieicon-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<strong>Adidas Dragon Black<\/strong> &#8211; I loved these shoes and wore them out to the point of falling apart.\u00a0 I travelled to Scotland, New Zealand, Brunei and Japan in the late 200os wearing these bad boys.\u00a0 Probably my most beloved and well travelled pair of sneakers.\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy002.jpg\" alt=\"lovejoy002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy002.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy001.jpg\" alt=\"lovejoy001\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy001.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/lovejoy001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0031.jpg\" alt=\"aodekang003\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0031.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0031-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0011.jpg\" alt=\"aodekang001\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0011.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0011-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0021.jpg\" alt=\"aodekang002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0021.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aodekang0021-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hempadidas002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hempadidas002.jpg\" alt=\"hempadidas002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hempadidas002.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hempadidas002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow aligncenter\"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"tieicon-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<strong>Adidas Samba Hemp Athletic Shoe<\/strong> &#8211; I bought these shoes at a store in Tokyo after a heavy storm destroyed the pair I was wearing when I arrived.\u00a0 They&#8217;re pretty durable and held up well over the years.\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons002.jpg\" alt=\"redcons002\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons002.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons001.jpg\" alt=\"redcons001\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons001.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/redcons001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow aligncenter\"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"tieicon-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<strong>Wizard of Oz Red Converse Shoes<\/strong> &#8211; Jen wore these on our wedding day after she walked the aisle. Sparkly, trendy and comfy.\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good for the sole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1855,1856],"class_list":["post-13903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-photo-essay","tag-shoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15354,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13903\/revisions\/15354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}