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Empty Volume
Prior to 2009, people in Lubbock had to drive outside the city limits to buy booze. There were some big liquor stores out there, but now they’ve all closed (or moved into town), since we can buy our booze right in town like normal people. Some of those places have turned into other businesses now, but this one is still available, if you’re interested.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 1.8.2021
Defeat’s Refrigerator
An abandoned-building mystery: who waters the plants?
An another abandoned-building mystery: what’s the deal with the refrigerator?
an abandoned school
Terry County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2020
Defeat’s Corridor
But even when the school has moved away there are random things left behind, for reasons that shall be forever unknown.
an abandoned school
Terry County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2020
Defeat’s Façade
A lot of small, rural schools out here end up consolidating with nearby districts just to have enough students to make it worth the effort. That means the rural roads of the high plains are dotted with the left-behind buildings. It feels like defeat.
an abandoned school
Terry County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2020
Satellite dishes and the porch piano
It’s not unusual to see left-behind satellite dishes on abandoned farmhouses. Porch pianos, though, are a rare find.
Lynn County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2020
One Day | One Image 