Monthly Archives: July 2016
Stay Happy
I posted a photo of this burned-out liquor store back in 2012.
This time I noticed some new graffiti. I did the usual two-U-turn maneuver to get the shot. I thought I’d need the reminder.
near Taiban, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2016
Mother Road
The famous Route 66 was one of the first highways in the national highway system; it covered some 2,440 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. It lost its official designation in 1985, after it had been replaced in its entirety by the Interstate highway system.
But it still lives on in legend and myth. And, of course, in giant roadside billboards.
Torrance County, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2016
The industry has shaped the terrain
When I was a kid, it seems like this whole part of Texas was cotton farms. Of course, I was a kid a long time ago (never mind just HOW long), so my memory is likely wrong.
But over the past 15 or 20 years, there’s been a huge increase in the numbers of dairy farms, which have caused these little mountains of cow feed to pop up. They’re covered with bright, white plastic and weighed down with tires, and eventually erode away. But new ones are always showing up.
Bailey County, Texas
photographed 7.9.2016
Toward Infinity
I was on my way home from Santa Fe, and pulled off at a truck stop to take a break when I was mesmerized by these six pipes sticking out of the ground. And then a bird flew into the frame!
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 7.9.2016
Duality
This is the last of the images from the model shoot from Keith Carter’s class. The model had the idea to use a daylily as a prop, and her pose happened to line up the real flower with the tattooed one in a very serendipitous way.
I appreciate everyone’s patience with my artistic detour. While I didn’t hate photographing models as much as I thought I would, it’s not something I plan to do again (unless it’s for another class.) Starting tomorrow, I’ll be more or less back to the usual subjects. You may notice a bit of a different look to them, though, as I am still working through some of the things from class. Trying them on for size, sort of, to see what I’ll keep and what I’ll discard.
near Pojoaque, New Mexico
photographed 7.6.2016
One Day | One Image 