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As I mentioned yesterday, I will always look inside abandoned buildings. And I will frequently photograph the interiors through dirty windows; most always the camera catches more than my own eyes will see so it’s fun to look at the images later to see what I got in the photograph. The Patient Spouse is convinced that one of these days either the camera or I will see something awful…to date, he’s always been wrong. Fingers crossed….
Fort Stanton, New Mexico
photographed 4.25.2021
Baptistry, after the fall
This was a first: in all my times I’ve looked inside an abandoned church, this was the first time I spotted a collapsed baptistry. That’s why I will continue to look inside as many abandoned buildings as I can: because you just never know when you’ll see something new.
Also, this is the place where a pair of dogs came up behind me, suddenly, causing me to have my regular reaction when unknown dogs get close to me: I always assume they are there because they want to eat my leg(s). So far, I’ve been wrong every time and I hope to never be right.
Bellview, New Mexico
photographed 6.5.2021
Gothic
Way back in 2009 when I started my photography-blogging habit, I really had no concept about what I was in for. I didn’t know that photography would become so meaningful to me, that I am sort of good at it, that I’d be in shows, or that I would go away to take classes. But mostly, I just didn’t see that there was potential to reach out to other people – via the blog or Facebook or Instagram – and make some fine new friends in the process.
One of those fine friends is Santa Fe photographer R. David Marks; we’ve gotten to know each other lately and met up for a day earlier this summer in Tucumcari. We had an excellent time photographing the things that caught our eye. This is one of the first photos I made that day; every time I look at it I’m reminded of how much fun we had.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.4.2021
Two Worlds
Parts of Tucumcari like like they are stuck between the wind-energy present and the Route 66 past. It’s easy to tell which is which.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.4.2021
Portrait (of a portrait)
I went over the Tucumcari the other day, the way you do if you’re a black and white photographer and like old stuff*. And while this portrait-of-a-portrait-that’s-really-a-mural doesn’t technically fall into the category of “old stuff,” I photographed it anyway. I am bold like that.
Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.5.2021
*And also if you’ve got a photographer friend who likes the same stuff and Tucumcari is about in the middle.
One Day | One Image 