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Presbyterian

I’d driven right by the interstate exit to Barstow a lot, but never thought about getting off the highway to see what the town might have to offer. Now, of course, I realized that all these years are just a series of missed opportunities to make photos of a place that’s disappearing.

But at least I got there while the Presbyterian church was still there…

Barstow, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

Three Crosses

My geography is a lot of horizontal lines – plowed fields, center-pivot irrigation systems, pipe-rail fences, the horizon itself. And on a good photography day three crosses and the clouds add in some other shapes and keep it all interesting and in balance.

Crosby County, Texas
photographed 7.25.2021

Downpour

We took a more-or-less aimless drive the other day, eventually ending up on a road just because the map indicated a cemetery along the way. As a bonus, that route pointed us right toward some afternoon storms that were building up. And then, as a double-bonus, just when we got to the cemetery one of the clouds, off in the distance, decided it was time to rain.

Crosby County, Texas
photographed 7.25.2021

Racked

My camera peeked through a window of a downtown building and captured this scene. This is one of my favorite ways to shoot, more-or-less blindly through a window. I am never sure what I’ve gotten until later and sometimes it’s awful. Other times it is a nice surprise.

Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.4.2021

Portrait (of a portrait)

I went over the Tucumcari the other day, the way you do if you’re a black and white photographer and like old stuff*. And while this portrait-of-a-portrait-that’s-really-a-mural doesn’t technically fall into the category of “old stuff,” I photographed it anyway. I am bold like that.

Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.5.2021

*And also if you’ve got a photographer friend who likes the same stuff and Tucumcari is about in the middle.