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Roll Arena: 1
When I was a kid, this was THE place to roller skate. I can still remember the smell of dust and feet, the sounds of wheels rolling over the wooden floor, the way I’d get a blister on my right foot from never varying the counter-clockwise circle.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
The only light there was
This back of this closed-down gas station in the industrial part of town absorbed all the light that day.
On a side note, there’s a lot more traffic in that part of town than I expected. And, judging from the stares I got from truck drivers, not many photographers show up over there. I don’t know why: it’s only a few blocks from where I found this place a few months ago.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
Life: ten birds
Life. Water flowing over the dam. A philosophical graffiti artist? Or an opportunistic one?
At any rate, those ten birds are keeping an eye on the place.
Canyon Lakes
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
The deep end of the pool
The enlisted men’s pool was what it was called when I went there in high school with my friend Sara, whose dad was one of those enlisted men.
Reese Center
formerly Reese Air Force Base
near Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.16.2013
Side door
Side door.
That is all.
Except to note that this is on the former Air Force base here in Lubbock. Part of the facilities have been redeveloped for private and municipal use, but the side of the base that had all the housing looks much the same as when the Air Force locked the doors and left, in 1997. When it was a base, access was limited, and even now it didn’t feel quite right to be able to drive in without being challenged, walk all over the place, and take all the photos I wanted.
But that’s not to say I was left alone: a sign at the entrance said the area was under constant surveillance. Hope whoever was stuck monitoring the surveillance enjoyed my meandering path as much as I did.
Reese Center
near Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.16. 2013
One Day | One Image 