Category Archives: architecture
The last two things
These old houses decay in the same pattern. The people go, whatever yard there was goes to weeds, a storm peels off a few shingles, rain gets in, the roof gets a hole, then some more shingles go, more rain gets in, the front porch starts to sag, the roof sags, the porch falls off, the roof caves in.
But through it all, the satellite dish and the tress hang on..
near New Deal, Texas
photographed 1.26.2013
It’s time to vote!
I am happy to announce that my photo “In a Ghost Town Do Ghosts Go to Church” is one of ten finalists in the Digital Lightroom’s on-line photography competition.
If you have time, follow the link and vote! (If you just can’t bring yourself to vote for my photo, please vote for my friend’s photograph “Park Lookout.”)
Thanks!
Some things that make me stop
An asphalt parking lot, being overtaken by weeds? A painted-over front door? A sign painted right on the concrete block wall? Ghostly evidence of previous signage? Wispy clouds? A goofy awning?
Yes, all of those things are connected. And all of them will make me stop and take a picture. Or a dozen.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.4.2013
No chair. Anywhere.
Sure, the sky’s nice and black. And the shadows of the stairs make an interesting pattern on the wall. And the foreground is nice and gravelly. And the one door’s got an arched top, but the other one doesn’t. And it looks like remnants of graffiti next to the lower door. And that concrete-block lean-to has sort of an interesting texture.
But the bench? What’s with that? Don’t these people know they are supposed to put chairs out for me to photograph? Seriously. Sometimes I just don’t know….
Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.13.2013
But only three triangles
It’s been noted that I have a very slight tendency to photograph rectangles, so I want to go on record right now to point out that while this shot does contain an estimated 158* rectangles, it also includes three triangles.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 5.4.2013
*158 is a very rough estimate. If anyone wants to actually count the rectangles and provide a more accurate number that would be fine with me. I won’t even make you show your work.
One Day | One Image 