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Collapse

Out here in this part of Texas, a lot of things collapse. This old, fallen-down grain elevator is but one example.

Lehman, Texas
photographed 4.23.2021

Burned Out

I am not sure what this used to be. Maybe it was a restaurant? Or maybe someone’s house?

I am sure that there’d been a fire here. I am like an arson investigator: I see charred wood on a structure and can instantly determine that there’s been a fire. Maybe you didn’t realize that I was so vastly talented.

Hays County, Texas
photographed 4.18.2021

Clear Intentions

I definitely got the idea that I needed to go no further onto this property to get the photo. But just in case I didn’t, there was a guy in a truck, off to the right, keeping a close eye on what I was up to. And, I am sure, he was prepared to remind me if I strayed too close.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 4.15.2021

Sofa amongst the tile

You surely already know that I like to look inside abandoned places. I like seeing what sorts of things got left behind. I like seeing what’s falling apart. I like seeing what’s still holding on. In this particular case, the sofa looks really sketchy and almost all the ceiling tiles have succumbed to gravity. And that striped wall is still there…

Wickett, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

Graveyard, sort of

From my angle, these pieces of concrete looked like some kind of weird headstones…

Penwell, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021