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another see-through house

My favorite thing when I photograph these abandoned farmhouses is when I can see all the way through them. I can’t explain that attraction, but I guess it isn’t any weirder than anything else I like to photograph…

Crosby County, Texas
photographed 2.3.2024

or, you know, don’t

From what I observed KEEP LIDS CLOSED is not as much of a requirement as it seems…

Brownfield, Texas
photographed 1.26.2024

broken windows theory

A once-prominent social-science theory, the broken windows theory, argues that neighborhood disorder increases crime directly and indirectly by undermining neighborhood informal social control. Later studies proved and/or disproved this depending on which one(s) you happen to read.

But that’s neither here nor there. My own broken windows theory is that behind the broken windows of an abandoned building there will be something for me to photograph.

Morton, Texas
photographed 1.26.2024

there used to be a grocery store

Of course the grocery store has closed. That’s, sadly, a common thing in these rural towns out here.

They’re replaced by nothing or by convenience stores or by dollar stores, none of which completely fill the gap, but all of which contribute to the rise of food deserts.

Morton, Texas
photographed 1.26.2024

pastor’s parking

The pastor over at Evans Chapel gets to park right there in front of the church, which is probably pretty convenient on a busy Sunday.

Morton, Texas
photographed 1.26.2024