Monthly Archives: April 2023
despair has its own rhythm
Every single thing here just looks like despair – the weeds are closing in on the building; most of the windows are boarded up; that porch roof is wavy and collapsing; there’s an abandoned car out back; the stucco is working hard to fall away from the walls. And there are signs telling us that adobe is political.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.15.2023
population
On March 29, 2023, the estimated U.S. population was 336,300,903. So not the 888,888,888 on the sign, then.
But maybe that number is for all of America? According to population estimates provided by the United Nations, on March 28, 2023, the entire Americas have a population of 1,044,633,839. And again, that’s not the 888,888,888 shown.
Do you think there may be a chance that the number is…fabricated?
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.15.2023
exhaustion staggers on
I don’t know what this building used to be; all I know is what it is now. And what it is now is abandoned and vandalized. The building seems exhausted by its defeat.
It exhausted me, too, and all I did was stop by for a few photos.
Pecos, Texas
photographed 1.14.2023
housekeeping
I am sure this isn’t even the weirdest thing I like to photograph, but housekeeping carts are quite photogenic. At least, to me.
Johnson City, Texas
photographed 2.19.2023
harbinger
It seemed like a good day to take my vintage 135mm lens outside for some sun. And while that was going on, I went ahead and made a photo of a hopeful daffodil.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.12.2023
PS – That “vintage” lens is the same age as I am. I am not sure how that makes me feel.
One Day | One Image 