Project Laundry List Asks President to "Hang Out"

Concord, NH- Project Laundry List has sent a letter to the President of the United States and First Lady, calling on them to lead by example and show millions of Americans a way to save significant amounts of energy.

An existing petition, at www.right2dry.org has already gathered hundreds of signatures to ask the Obama family to reclaim the clothesline as an American artifact. The wooden clothespin was invented by American Shakers in the early years of the nation. The Shakers also developed the first mechanical washing machine.

Project Laundry List is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to make air-drying laundry acceptable and desirable as a simple and effective way to save energy. Project Laundry List promotes National Hanging Out Day (April 19) and works on Right to Dry efforts throughout North America because millions of families are not allowed to save the 10 to 15% of energy used by the average home to dry clothes. More information on Project Laundry List and its current campaigns is available from their website at http://www.laundrylist.org.


Ghana Clothes, Accra, Ghana


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The Blue Sheet

A blue sheet on the washline is made all the more emotive by the early morning light.


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Clothes on Grate in Ghana

A stand alone image. Photographed in Accra, Ghana.

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Ibadan Dryer Mindscape

Clotheslines are one of my favorite subjects. While they are making a comeback in the US, they never went away in places like Ibadan, Nigeria where this image was captured.

I like the image to the right but also find that it is a bit too busy. with too many elements that distract from the focal points of the image. This was the main reason that I decided to convert it into a Mindscape. 

Looking at the original image, the two elements that I wanted to preserve were the clothesline and the yellow containers immediately below the clothesline. Having decided that it was then a (relatively) simple matter to  isolate the desired elements using a duo color filter to create the image to meld with the original. The most time consuming aspects of creating an image like this is the time needed to bring only the clothesline back using the history brush. A less careful approach will show the colors of the walls where they intersect the clothesline. This is achieved by viewing the image at actual pixel size while using the filter. The resulting image can be seen below.

Clothesline Photographed in Ibadan, Nigeria

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Clothesline Photographed in Ibadan, Nigeria

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