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Threes
Three walls. Three lines of text on the sign. Three cracks.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
(Everything but) the kitchen sink
Parts of Marfa are all artsy and so forth, with foundations and public radio and famous food trucks and quirky lodging.
But then, on the other side of town, it’s sort of a different story, with old adobe houses slowly melting away. This place was cleaned out, with only the kitchen sink remaining behind to oversee the house’s death.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 8.16.2014
Varying materials
There’s a lot going on with this place. The one open window, the three boarded-up ones. The bigger openings of different heights. The adobe blocks peeking through the stucco. The new construction on the right side. One big crack. Some smaller ones.
And the chairs. Don’t forget the chairs.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013
There have been a few changes
Maybe one of the most iconic photos of all is Ansel Adams’s Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, which was shot from the edge of the road one evening in 1941.
I stood at very nearly the same spot and saw this instead of a moonrise over a simple church and a small graveyard. In fact, from where that famous photo was shot, it’s nearly impossible to see the church and graveyard any more.
I do like the variety of items that were available at this little gas station (now out of business). Pop and cigs AND septic tank service? All in one spot? That’s pretty good selection.
Hernandez, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Negative/Positive
Of course you are aware that I have a bit of a thing about abandoned buildings, so it won’t surprise you to know that I pulled off the road for a few shots of this place.
This is just north of the thriving community of Cline’s Corners, New Mexico, which is famous for thousands of billboards letting travelers on the interstate know how fabulous Cline’s Corners is. (The only thing, to my knowledge, that is in Cline’s Corners is a 30,000 square foot “retail center” which sells the usual roadside-store stuff.)
The building I photographed used to be a roadside store, too, but wasn’t able to benefit from interstate traffic or billboards or tourists. But here’s the important difference: I didn’t make any photographs at Cline’s Corners.
somewhere along highway US 285
New Mexico
photographed 7.6.2014
One Day | One Image 