Help me find an old post.

January 8, 2009 10:12 AM

Help me find an old Mefi post. Hours of searching the archives has been fruitless!

I remember a post regarding a series of photographs of perhaps China, Korea, Cambodia or some other Asian country which depicts people living in tiny 50 square foot studios (I don't remember the exact number). The pictures (there were dozens) all showed the residents sitting in the middle of these incredibly cramped single rooms, with their entire lives all around them. I think it was China, but I have been searching through the MeFi archives and am exhausted. Someone out there must remember these photos and can help me find them again! I'm 99.9% sure I saw this on the MeFi blue, but it was a while ago, perhaps a year or more. I don't remember if it was a single photographer or just a compilation of common photographs. I can't imagine the post was deleted.

posted by archimago to MetaFilter-related at 10:12 AM (13 comments total)

Searching for "micro living"?
posted by mrmojoflying at 10:18 AM on January 8

I seem to remember something like, except for the Asian part. This? (Link doesn't work, so don't know if any are in China)
posted by DU at 10:20 AM on January 8

Oh wait, now I remember exactly which one you were talking about. It had an old Hong Kong woman sitting in her place.
posted by mrmojoflying at 10:20 AM on January 8

http://www.metafilter.com/51618/Man-in-the-Box#1309264
posted by mrmojoflying at 10:22 AM on January 8

I think mrmojoflying has it. Here's the gallery link: Michael Wolf, 100x100
posted by carsonb at 10:24 AM on January 8

yes, that is exactly it. Thank you!!!!!
posted by archimago at 10:32 AM on January 8

Hours?
posted by cjorgensen at 10:43 AM on January 8

take THAT, NDcent!
posted by shmegegge at 10:55 AM on January 8

I just now saw this! I was at lunch!
posted by ND¢ at 11:22 AM on January 8

ND¢.com it's gonna take over google
posted by Hands of Manos at 11:24 AM on January 8

D¢.com Moderate SafeSearch is On
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 12:48 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]

There is no fruit in the archive! Only spoons!
posted by five fresh fish at 10:17 PM on January 8

What's depressing is my rather expensive flat in London is only about twenty sq feet bigger than these.

No, really.
posted by Happy Dave at 1:12 AM on January 9