Blog Archives
Book Burning 1: Ansel Adams
There was a fire in downtown Lubbock last month; some apartments, a barbershop, and a used book store were destroyed. Naturally, my camera and I went out to look around; by the day I explored, the salvageable things (metal joists, mostly) had been pulled out to one side and everything else was pushed into a pile. And, shining like a beacon from the pile was Ansel Adams’s autobiography.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.38.2021
Not Responsible
Sometimes if I feel like taking photos but don’t quite know where to go, I’ll head to the nearby town of Littlefield, where I can almost always find enough subjects to fill up my time.
On my most recent visit, I looked through the windows of the out-of-business dry cleaners and was nicely rewarded with an assortment of junk. And some shirts, way back in the back, that I guess will never be reunited with their owner(s).
Littlefield, Texas
photographed 2.28.2021
The Message
Seemed a little ominous, so I just skipped a whole step and didn’t even go in.
Littlefield, Texas
photographed 2.28.2021
Another bad ending
The spray-painted non-official notice on the front of this house indicated it was scheduled for demolition on December 7, 2020. Obviously that didn’t happen, but it looks as though the house is demolishing itself, rendering the missed date more or less beside the point.
Littlefield, Texas
photographed 2.28.2021
