Monthly Archives: August 2023

evidence of destruction

I realize that a fire isn’t something to be happy about.

But what did make me happy was the way the shape of the fire shows on the wall and the way the flames left a heat map behind. (I am also exceedingly fond of that random concrete block on the top of the building.)

Hope, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023

do not vote

I am not a signage expert, but it seems like if you’ve got a message that’s important enough to stick on a sign, you’d want the whole message to be visible. This sign went on for a few more lines, but they were obscured by the wall of the adjacent building.

But anyway, at least you can get a sense of a few of the people someone doesn’t want you voting for.

Alamogordo, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2023

chair + reflection

A polished concrete floor + a green chair + the sun in just the right spot = this.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023

“everything looks worse in black and white” – P. Simon

As you know, my first photographic love is monochrome, so I can’t completely get on board with Paul Simon’s statement about everything looking worse in black and white.

Although…this scene really does look better in color.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023

home office

The great thing about my real job is that I can do it from practically anywhere. And I’m set to get some work done at my little country place, should I ever need to. I mean, a couple of pencils and a highlighter are just about all you need, right?

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023