Blankety Blank

Blank set of passport photos found somewhere in Croydon.

George Street, Croydon

I actually found this photo of George Street, Croydon on George Street, Croydon.

The Kids

I think I found this on George Street in Croydon, although the photo itself has the air of ski resort to it. Definitely not Croydon.

Denim

Another set of passport photographs found on a Croydon street in 2004-ish. I have no idea how or even why this person decided to take a photo of their denim clad chest, but they did. Normally you get about three or four attempts to take a half decent photo (when I say 'half decent photo', what I mean is a photo of your face, your very own frozen phizog, captured forever resembling a recently warmed up cadaver), so if it looks rubbish you can try again. You also have to push a button to confirm you're happy with the photo. Pretty simple. I can only assume then that the person in this photo is either incapable of using a photo booth, or they actually did want a picture of their jacket front.

Plastic Furniture

Found on Oakfield Road, Croydon back in 2001-ish. Even though I've had this photo for 10 years, it was only upon scanning today I realised the thing obscuring the patio furniture is probably a finger. Or sausage roll.

Brum

Found this on the pavement outside Woolworths in Croydon. Looks like it was taken with some kind of fish-eye lens of a kids static car ride outside TKMax in Centrale, Croydon.

Toof

Can't remember where I found this photo but suffice to say, it was probably in Croydon somewhere...

Syrup

This woman has what appears to be a giant moustache on her head. Found on the ground outside HSBC on Wellesley Road in Croydon.

Throbbing Gristle

Another Croydonite found in the throbbing gristle of the arsehole of London.

We Are Family

Lovely found passport photo of a Croydon family. Picked it up in what used to be called the Drummond Centre (now Centrale).

Staplehead

This pretty lady was once attached to a document via a staple through her head. I saved her and made her into a jpeg instead. Found somewhere in, yep, you guessed it, Croydon.

EMO

Piercings, studded collars, dyed black hair - yes the emo-goths are in town and they're gonna burn their photo because that is completely going against the structure of society yeah. Fuck the man and let's start chaos! Burn that photo baby, yeah... er... hang on, hang on... er, I wouldn't mind keeping it actually...
I feel their pain. I have been since I found this photo on North End in Croydon. LOVE IT.

Fuzz

He's fuzzy, his face has been widened (I'm sure of it) and he was found near the Home Office in Croydon.

Oklahoma

Timothy McVeigh lookalike found in my former workplace, Waterstone's Croydon. Waterstone's is located near the Home Office and we regularly had customers asking where they could get something photocopied, or where they could get a passport photo taken. 'Not here' we would tell them several hundred thousand times a day.

James Corden

Ok, so it isn't actually James Corden, but he bears such a resemblance to the unfunny one you could be mistaken for thinking it's his depressed brother. Found in Waterstone's, Croydon.

The Youth

Ah, the youth, the youth... Genuinely one of my all time favourite found images, this is one of those tiny 'fun' photographs found outside WHSmiths, Croydon. Word.

Smiler

She's happy because she lives in Croydon. Found by the Home Office, Wellesley Road, Croydon.

The Good, the Bad & the Invisible

Clint Eastwood wannabe The Invisible Man fails audition for classic film remake. Found this photo in the Allders photobooth, Croydon.

The Devil Rides Out

Another ripped up photo. Another failed romance. Found this little devil near Thornhill Road, Croydon.

Home Office

The Home Office is on Wellesley Road, Croydon and it's where I picked up this photograph. If I hadn't lived so close to the Home Office, I probably wouldn't have such a large collection of found photo's...