Sophie Blackall - Missed Connections
Sep 20, 2009    posted by: Jason Wong

Sophie Blackall's Missed Connections is an interesting concept.  It employs user generated material from the infamous "Missed Connections" page on Craigslist and provides illustrations for them.  I really enjoy works of this nature, they really make viewers empathize with messages that would otherwise have been looked over--a parallel between the work and the curation of Post Secret is worth mentioning.  The illustrations themselves are very sensitive pieces, with an amazing breadth for capturing the serendipitous circumstances of chance encounters.