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Not even new releases could save it

It seems so archaic, thinking back on our old Friday night ritual of going to Blockbuster to try to find a movie to rent. One we’d both agree on. One we hadn’t already seen. One that was still on the shelf.

So it came down to this.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.31.2017

Pull

It was a nice afternoon – warm and sunny with no wind to speak of. So naturally my thoughts turned to, well, abandonment.

I headed over to look at a store called Savers, which I’d heard was going out of business. When I got there, I knew right away that I couldn’t get the shots I wanted because it was next door to a Dollar Genera (or a Family Dollar – who can tell them apart?), so there were too many cars and people around.

Lucky for me, though, I was close to a shopping center that had some vacancies.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.31.2017