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red clay tile, with flashing and sky
The late sun made the roof tile and sky glow. Throw in a few clouds and a little strip of flashing and you’ve got a photo just waiting to be made.
Alpine, Texas
photographed 5.13.2024
rhyme + rhythm
I like the rhyme on the sign. I like the rhythm of the utility poles. I like the amount of sky. I like the desert. I like those mountains down the way. I like the slightly back-lit effect on the flag.
I am less a fan of RVs. But they aren’t even in the photo, so according to my official record of the place, there’s a chance they don’t even exist…
Presidio, Texas
photographed 3.25.2021
artificial green
This explosion of green was the sort of eye-catching contrast with the rest of the place that of course required a color photograph.
I hope this artificial-turf oasis brings solace to the Cantu family; it brought me an almost overwhelming sense of wonder.
Cementerio de la merced
Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.15.2023
shadows cast by the unseen
I had an entirely different post written for this image. But yesterday morning on the way to work (it’s a 35 minute drive, in the country, so I’ve got plenty of time to think about stuff) I decided that what I really needed to say about this is the way that shadow – cast by something unseen – falls across the rough stucco wall, and the way the shadow alters the view’s perception of the wall. And that made me think about the unseen shadows in my own life that alter my perceptions of reality, skewing them wildly toward disastrous conclusions (usually, because that’s just the way my brain tracks). And then THAT led me to think about how the main thing with shadows is that they always keep moving and that nothing’s permanently in darkness. No matter how it feels.
And by the time I had all these thoughts, I was almost to the office and had a bunch other stuff to think about, and my thoughts moved on. Kind of like shadows do.
Marathon, Texas
photographed 1.16.2023
His afflicted mother
I will always check to see if the church door is unlocked; I always hope that it will be. And when it is, I consider it an invitation to come on in and look around.
St. Mary Catholic Church
Marathon, Texas
photographed 12.24.2018
One Day | One Image 