Thursday, January 29, 2009

Bumper Wars

Upon moving to North Florida, I quickly noticed an abundance of bumper stickers on my drive to work.  It's not that I'd never seen a bumper sticker - it was more the amount, and the wide array of topics covered in a less than a square foot (well, usually) on the back of a car.

A few things struck me as odd;
- The sheer volume of messages I was hit with
- The content covered in the stickers.
- Why anybody would need (or desire) to profess their utmost beliefs to a group of strangers on their way to (insert location) in sticker format.
- Why anybody feels the need to pay to advertise a product they don't own on their car
- The development of the back-and-forth (or call and response) rivalry playing out on cars.

Anyway - I decided to buy a camera with a decent zoom in attempts to document what I found.  It's North Florida - lots of Jesus, lots of politics with a few others (and maybe a few signs) thrown in for good measure.