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The defense faltered
I’ve been making a lot of images lately, but they’re not ones that are bloggable just yet…as a result, I’ve been digging deep into the archives to see what might have been hiding there for, say, eight and half years.
And so that’s how I found this – a little yucca fighting an already-lost battle against the encroaching sand.
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
photographed 5.1.2010
One bulb
This is another example of something I found only because there was a sign on the highway pointing toward something that seemed more interesting than anything on the current road.
Dodson Prairie, Texas
photographed 4.16.2017
A blurry day
I love fog! I love how it blurs and distorts what we’re familiar with, how it makes everything seem quieter, and how it hides things that are otherwise very close.
But after a few hours, I am ready for the sun to come back out.
Sweetwater, Texas
photographed 2.23.2018
Out with the old
Parts of this hospital have already been torn down, and other parts are well along in that process – all to make way for a new hospital. It’s hard to get a good view of the work site, though. There are tall construction fences (with fabric over them) all around the site. The parking garage that would afford a fantastic view is accessible only with a code number (which I don’t have). I think there may be a way to get to a pedestrian bridge, but that means wandering through the maze of hallways of a place that holds only bad memories. So, I did what anyone with a 28mm Summicron lens would do: I poked that little lens right through the only part of the chain-link fence that didn’t have fabric covering it, cranked up the ISO, braced the camera and myself against the fence, held my breath, and hoped for the best…
(Weirdly, bracing myself, holding my breath, and hoping for the best are all things I have done inside that facility.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 9.17.2018
