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The Nth Generation Apple Project (N = 61)

This on-again, off-again project (mostly the latter, I confess, but now on the upsweep) is now in its twentieth-plus year.

I invite you to have a look and figure out for yourself what N represents.


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My father grew this apple in 1986. I took a picture of me holding the apple. . .
My father grew this apple in 1986. I took a picture of me holding the apple. . .
I later painted a painting of the picture of me holding the apple and then took a picture of me holding the painting. . .
I later painted a painting of the picture of me holding the apple and then took a picture of me holding the painting. . .
Later, I took a picture of the picture of me holding the picture of the painting. . .
Later, I took a picture of the picture of me holding the picture of the painting. . .
Then took a picture of the picture of the picture of me holding the painting of me holding a picture of the apple. . .
Then took a picture of the picture of the picture of me holding the painting of me holding a picture of the apple. . .
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
So by now, this is a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture. N = 8.
So by now, this is a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture of a picture. N = 8.
This is the ninth generation of that apple.
This is the ninth generation of that apple.
Tenth.
Tenth.
Eleventh.
Eleventh.
Twelfth. It's around here that I started to try to alternate the backgrounds from light to dark.
Twelfth. It's around here that I started to try to alternate the backgrounds from light to dark.
Lucky 13.
Lucky 13.
Fourteenth...
Fourteenth...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
And so on...
21st generation. This one was probably taken sometime in the late 1980s.
21st generation. This one was probably taken sometime in the late 1980s.
And so on...
And so on...
(Yawn)
(Yawn)
(Zzzzzz...)
(Zzzzzz...)
25th.
25th.
26th.
26th.
Are you still looking at these? Wow!
Are you still looking at these? Wow!
28th.
28th.
29th.
29th.
30th.
30th.
31st. Pbase allots only a limited number of characters per caption, so I can't say that this is a picture of a picture... etc
31st. Pbase allots only a limited number of characters per caption, so I can't say that this is "a picture of a picture..." etc
It keeps going...
It keeps going...
And going...
And going...
And going...
And going...
35th generation. I kind of forgot about this project for a while. I think this is from roughly the early 1990s.
35th generation. I kind of forgot about this project for a while. I think this is from roughly the early 1990s.
36th.
36th.
37.
37.
Again, scattered attempts to keep the project going. This one is probably from the late 1990s.
Again, scattered attempts to keep the project going. This one is probably from the late 1990s.
39th. Likely from sometime in the early 2000s. I've got to get this thing going again.
39th. Likely from sometime in the early 2000s. I've got to get this thing going again.
40. Taken in June of 2005.
40. Taken in June of 2005.
41. Taken 29 May 2008
41. Taken 29 May 2008
42! Taken 21 June 2008
42! Taken 21 June 2008
43. 20 August 2008. I might try using this background for the next few shots....
43. 20 August 2008. I might try using this background for the next few shots....
44. 17 September 2008. Am sticking with the same background for a while.
44. 17 September 2008. Am sticking with the same background for a while.
45. Taken 16 December 2008.
45. Taken 16 December 2008.
46. Taken 23 December 2008.
46. Taken 23 December 2008.
47. I'll go with this background at least until it's the only one visible. 22 January 2009.
47. I'll go with this background at least until it's the only one visible. 22 January 2009.
48. 18 February 2009.
48. 18 February 2009.
49. 20 May 2009
49. 20 May 2009
50.! 26 July 2009. I may switch to a different background soon.
50.! 26 July 2009. I may switch to a different background soon.
51. I'm temporarily interrupting the current theme for a trip to the Great Wall...
51. I'm temporarily interrupting the current theme for a trip to the Great Wall...
52. 6 March 2010.
52. 6 March 2010.
53. 8 October 2010.
53. 8 October 2010.
54. Early 2011. The Great Wall from last year is fading . . .
54. Early 2011. The Great Wall from last year is fading . . .
55. June 2011. Are you still looking at these? What's wrong with you?
55. June 2011. Are you still looking at these? What's wrong with you?
56. 9 March 2012. Nearly a year since the last one!
56. 9 March 2012. Nearly a year since the last one!
57. 1 Dec 2012.
57. 1 Dec 2012.
58. 6 Jan 2013
58. 6 Jan 2013
59. 8 June 2013
59. 8 June 2013
60. 29 June 2013
60. 29 June 2013
61. 11 Jan 2015
61. 11 Jan 2015
Oh, yeah -- I forgot to mention that the apple was delicious!
Oh, yeah -- I forgot to mention that the apple was delicious!
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Fred Relaix07-Sep-2006 16:47
Man, this is really Great! I went to N=28th, not too bad. I wonder what type of resolution you need to be able to still see the Apple... voted!
Cheers!
Fred
Ashley Hockenberry31-Dec-2005 19:18
Chris,
I must say this is the most creative and somewhat hilarious gallery I have seen in awhile. Thanks for having the courage to do something different!!!

Ashley Hockenberry
Pbase.com/ahockenberry
P.S. I graduated from Madison Consolidated High School in Madison, Indiana.
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