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see/through
I went to the museum the other day to look at the motorcycle exhibit.
Actually, that’s not correct. I went to the museum to photograph the motorcycle exhibit. My favorite thing was mirrors.
Also: the name of the exhibit mentioned “two-stroke street bikes” and I still do not know what that even means.
Yamaha: the rise of two-stroke street bikes
The Museum of Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.27.2025
scene/not seen 1
One thing about my mind is that it comes up with projects at a steady pace. And rarely those ideas turn into Things That I Have Done but that does not slow it down, even a little bit.
The idea for this project came to me in 2004 or 2005, before I even thought of myself as a “real” photographer. Or any other kind of photographer, as far as that goes. When the idea arrived, it came with a title, which was a nice thing for it to have done. I dabbled with it back then, but ran into some problems. I lacked Photoshop, for one thing, and the cheap alternative was unwieldy. I got bored trying to figure it out and gave up.
Or so I thought.
My brain had other ideas, as it does, and anyway, here I go again with this thing that wants to be called “scene/not seen”. We’ll see where it goes this time…
Lorenzo, Texas
photographed 4.18.2025
bottled/water
One of my friends told me about this place because she was pretty sure I’d like to photograph it. That’s Interesting Detail 1.
Interesting Detail 2 is that I made this on the very first day I didn’t need the knee scooter I’d been using since mid-May. (I’ve moved on to a gorgeous primer-gray walking boot.)
Other than those things, this is just a pile of empty 5 gallon water bottles in a side yard of the Sierra Springs water store.
Hang on! I just discovered Interesting Detail 3: Google street view of this place was in 2023 and at that time, this area contained one roll-off dumpster, one white pickup with a camper shell, and not a single bottle.
As the Talking Heads said, “I got some wild, wild life.”
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.21.2025
campfire coffee
The photographer I used to be seems like a distant memory. That photographer who would never intentionally photograph people, and instead stuck to ragged buildings and empty landscapes – the photographer I thought I’d be forever – has left. And now I actively seek out places where I can photograph people doing what they do – even if they’re doing it on a very cold morning in Alpine, Texas, to cite just one example.
Alpine, Texas
photographed 2.22.2025
the seat of god
Like many things I find on my wanderings, this place failed to offer any strong clues about what was/is going on. I know someone got fancy with the concrete block. And I know there was a random chair in front of a similarly random broom. But past that…
Redford, Texas
photographed 2.19.2025
One Day | One Image 