Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince's photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.

Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called "found photographs"--a loose term given to everything from discarded prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger's family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes "basically everything is worth looking at", has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.

Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion found photographs. One of _ , called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper an angry note intended for some else: "Why's your car HERE at HER place?" The note became the starting point for Rothbard's addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.

The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It's anyone's guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated , we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we've gone?

In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what is topic of the article in general?
2. how much did untitled cowboy sell for?
3. who left rothbard a note?
4. why are found photos so fascinating?
5. where might you find found photos?
6. who founded simply found?
7. what year was untitled cowboy taken?
8. who was it taken by?
9. who is another artist mentioned?
10. what does he collect?
11. since when?
12. what is his current project?
13. what is his strategy to organizing it?
14. like what for example?
15. do people think this is art?
16. how many questions does this raise?
Answer: 1. found photographs
2. $ 1, 248, 000
3. unknown
4. they give our minds an opportunity to wander freely
5. in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger's family album.
6. Davy Rothbard
7. 2005
8. Richard Prince
9. Joachim Schmid
10. discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images
11. 1982
12. Archiv
13. according to themes
14. people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
15. It's anyone's guess
16. Four

Susan was very happy to get some money from her grandmother. She spent all morning at her grandmother's house doing chores for her. Grandmother was getting older, and sometimes she needed help with small things around the house. The first thing that Susan did was clean the big window in her house. It was afternoon and the sun was shining, but it was hard to tell because the window was so dirty! Susan used water and soap to clean the window. It was very clean when she was finished. Next, she swept the front porch. She put all of the dirt and leaves into a big bin in the front yard. That was a lot of work. Susan was going back in the house for lunch when she saw that the light in the hall was out. She asked her grandmother to show her where the light bulbs were at so that she could change it. Since she was so short she had to get a stool to stand on. Her grandmother stood by to make sure she didn't fall. This was her last job of the day. After all of her hard work her grandmother made her a ham sandwich with no cheese. Susan did not like cheese. Then her grandmother gave her five dollars for helping. This was a whole dollar more than she got the last time! What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What did Susan get?
2. From whom?
3. And how did that make her feel?
4. What did she do in return?
5. What did she need help with?
6. Where?
7. What did Susan do first?
8. During what time of day?
9. And what did she use?
10. What did she do next?
11. What did she put the refuse in?
12. Where?
13. Why did she go back in the house?
14. What did she notice?
15. Could she reach it unaided?
16. Did she do any more work?
17. What did her grandmother fix her?
18. And how much was Susan paid?
19. Was that more than before?
20. What didn't Susan like?
Answer: 1. some money
2. her grandmother
3. very happy
4. chores
5. small things
6. around the house
7. clean the big window in her house
8. afternoon
9. water and soap
10. swept the front porch
11. a big bin
12. in the front yard
13. for lunch
14. that the light in the hall was out
15. No
16. No
17. a ham sandwich with no cheese
18. five dollars
19. Yes
20. cheese

Virginia (, , officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as the first English colonial possession established in mainland North America, and "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there, more than any other state. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population is over 8.4 million.

The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution and joined the Confederacy in the American Civil War, during which Richmond was made the Confederate capital and Virginia's northwestern counties seceded to form the state of West Virginia. Although the Commonwealth was under one-party rule for nearly a century following Reconstruction, both major national parties are competitive in modern Virginia. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What place has Richmond as the capital?
2. A.k.a.?
3. Who were natives of the area?
4. What country colonized it in 1607?
5. How many other colonies did they have?
6. Name1
7. Whose side was it on during the revolution?
8. What title did its capital get during that time?
9. How many inhabitants are there?
10. Which city has the most?
Answer:
1. Commonwealth of Virginia
2. Virginia
3. several indigenous groups
4. English
5. 13
6. unknown
7. Confederate
8. unknown
9. 8.4 million
10. Virginia Beach