Monthly Archives: February 2016
The Interim Fence
It’s easy to fall into the rhythm of the straight roads on the Plains. Fences flash by, post-wire-post-wire-post, in the endless pattern of ranch land.
Until the rhythm is broken by a flash that’s not quite right in a way that makes a photographer seek a place to turn around.
FM 7300
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 1.31.2016
By dusk’s pastel light
You know how sometimes the best part of the sunset isn’t on the western sky? This view, looking southeast, shows an abandoned drive-in – and an interesting fence – lit in the glow of the pink light from a waning day.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 1.23.2016
The Hurt
After Hurricane Katrina, a lot of money went to rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, but the paths weren’t always easy to travel. New Orleans has always been a city built upon strong neighborhoods, each one distinct in important ways from all the others. This helps to make a vibrant city, to be sure, but it also makes large-scale redevelopment more complicated
The decisions that led to the closing of Charity Hospital, and the construction of a huge new medical complex in the Mid-City neighborhood was hugely unpopular with the residents, most of whom had been displaced by the storm and would be once again displaced by the construction project. You can read more about it here, but the short version is the phrase “closed-door decision to bulldoze a 25 block residential and business neighborhood” for the new facilities. Construction was delayed while that was worked out, mostly (from what I saw) in favor of the new hospitals.
There are a few of the old places still standing, including this one. I guess when you’re about the last one left, you may as well paint a sign on your roof, right?
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 1.8.2016
Last flight
I like taking the last flight: the terminals are emptier. And that means better photos (since you know how I am about photos with people in them.)
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Kenner, Louisiana
photographed 1.10.2016
Handless King Stands Guard
The cemetery behind this country church was tidy, with straight rows, whitewashed markers, trimmed grass.
The north edge of the cemetery was also the edge of the softball field. The outfield butted up against a horse-racing track.
And this handless little king kept watch over it all.
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Eunice, Louisiana
photographed 1.10.2016
One Day | One Image 