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The Shady Side
There wasn’t a lot of shade, but there was a little bit beside an abandoned church. The small and infrequent trees didn’t offer much, so it was nice that the building stepped up to help.
Grenville, New Mexico
photographed 8.26.2017
It was a one-star place
Here’s another view of the Texan Motel, which evidently, no matter how hard it tried, was ever only a one-star kind of place.
Raton, New Mexico
photographed 8.27.2017
Texan
I won’t lie: my photographic heart beats a little faster when I see an abandoned place that’s got a window I can look through. This time, I spotted the Texan Motel lobby, complete with a rack of outdated (probably) tourist brochures.
Raton, New Mexico
photographed 8.27.2017
An art lover
“Compose and wait.”
I’ve taken two classes with Sam Abell, and he stressed that concept both times. (He practices it, too – look at his work and you can tell!)
I am not a patient person so composing and waiting doesn’t naturally occur. But look what happens when I actually c-&-w! An art lover – though she appears to be a little skeptical about this particular piece – steps right into my composition, just where I needed her to be.
Thanks, art lover!
The Cliffhouse Project
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.9.2017
Art from a vending machine
I really like it when old places get to have a new life.
So I pretty happy that this ruin may be getting another chance. A local group worked on cleaning up the place and then hosted a pop-up art show the other Saturday. A local ceramics artist, Kendra McCartney, used this vintage vending machine to sell her tiny pots.
Here’s a news report on the project. And maybe the place is haunted?
The Cliffhouse Project
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.9.2017
One Day | One Image 