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Continuation
Well, really, who wouldn’t be enchanted by the repetition of the patterns in the plowed field, the metal walls, and the roof?
Pearce Cemetery
Hale County, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020
Hospitalization
This hospital closed for good in 2001. According to this article, at the time it closed, the hospital was the second-largest employer in town, with about 120 employees. The town itself had, at the time, about 2,200 residents, so the loss of that many jobs must have damaged the town’s economy in ways that are still being felt nearly twenty years later.
And, all these years later, there is still some stuff lying around. At this point, I guess it’s safe to assume it’ll just be here forever.
Hale Center, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020
HC Party
I think we can all probably agree that there ain’t no party like an HC party.
Hale Center, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020
Impermanent
Once you’ve seen this photo, you’ve gotten the gist of the entire town, unfortunately.
Melvin, Texas
photographed 6.15.2020
Patina
There were three very old wreckers parked inside a fenced yard. I was photographing them through the fence when the wrecker company owner invited me in to look around. (I was pretty sure he was going to invite me to move along.) He said he’d purchased all three trucks as one lot in an auction, but that this one was the one he really wanted. He said he liked the patina.
So did I.
Brady, Texas
photographed 6.14.2020
One Day | One Image 