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Failure (Eleven Frames)
In the 1960s, someone thought Lubbock was just the place for an amusement park, so they built one. It was called Rimrock City, and it had staged shoot-outs, a restaurant, a miniature golf course, a zoo, and some other attractions.
It’s been gone for years, although the concrete curbs from the golf course are still there, as are the frames on that ridge that used to hold the letters spelling out RIMROCK CITY. But this is what bothers me about it – was there really not a space before the word “city”? Or did the sign actually say RIMROCKCITY? I sure wish I could remember…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.23.2021
A Static Parade
When I was in college, I drove a Pinto.
For a while, I went out with a guy who drove a Corvette. It was fun to roll around in a town in a car that caused people to not look at you with pity, which was what I was used to.
I kept that stupid Pinto for ten years, which is probably some kind of record. I don’t know what happened to the Corvette guy; I don’t think he was at this car show, though.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.23.2021
Yellow
For various reasons (including, but not limited to) feeling like I’m I a rut, I headed over to the Corvette show, which is not thing I’d normally attend. And took some color photos while I was there. And – and this is a big one – put PEOPLE in the image. I wonder where all this will lead?
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.23.2021
The Gist
Why, yes. That graffiti is exactly what you think it is.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.23.2021
Spillway
The other Saturday morning, I headed out with the idea that I’d go to a Corvette show that I’d seen advertised. (One of my photography goals for the year is to push myself to photograph things I’d normally overlook, or flat-out ignore.) But it was a foggy morning, so before I went to see the Corvettes, I decided to visit the Dunbar Historical Lake Park. And while I was there, I walked out on the spillway to see what that looked like. And guess what? It looked a whole lot like this.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.23.2021
One Day | One Image 