Rainbow Teddy
In 2013, when I first started using Instagram, I made a series of toy stories featuring a teddy bear I have. This teddy bear has a rainbow tattoo, and is a gift from a friend in New York.
I had to reduce my possessions from 100x to x when I moved from New York to Hong Kong, so for this teddy bear to survive that reduction exercise is very special.
Often, people look at gifts like this and would think that they’re “cringe” and so would never buy them. But because of that, this was the only teddy bear I have ever received in my life — and as such, special.
I photographed Rainbow Teddy doing things that I normally do. In some ways, these are self portraits — activities that I do anyway, but reimagined.
I’ve uploaded a pano photo featuring Rainbow Teddy actually to Getty Images. I didn’t include it on this post because pano photography on social media requires special handling.
- Rainbow Teddy plays with Canon EOSM / SML.20130121.7D.20688
- DJ Rainbow Teddy mixing his next hit / SML.IP3.20130112.SQ
- Rainbow Teddy plays with Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS USM / SML.20130705.6D.18046
- Rainbow Teddy explains what the rainbow signifies with the Pantone Color System / SML.20130125.EOSM.01589.C23.L1
- Rainbow Teddy practices Chinese Kungfu on the Sapiens Bookcase by Bruno Rainaldi / SML.20130704.6D.17984
- Rainbow Teddy made shorts from Swatch / SML.IP3.20130117.SQ
- Rainbow Teddy photographs Serenity / SML.IPH5.20130112
- Rainbow Teddy reads 佐籐可士和 Kashiwa Sato / SML.IP3.20130113
- Rainbow Teddy shows BFF Stitch how to use the Canon EOS M / SML.20130327.7D.37009
- Rainbow Teddy writes to Lala Ortiz / SML.20130506.6D.05391.SQ
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