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Down by the water
First of all, where I am from the term “river” does not necessarily imply “water.” So the idea that a river has enough water to have tides? That sort of messed with me. And this river has high tides, as it’s on the famous Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world.
And the other thing is that this reminded me of a song. You know the song I mean – Down by the Water by the Decemberists.
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015
Cornered
The broken-cornered piece of plexiglass made a ground-high greenhouse for buffalo grass.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.5.2015
The more I see the less I understand
I’ve seen this old gate before. A lot of times. But it wasn’t until I made this image that I noticed that the window seems to be at the bottom of the gate. That doesn’t seem exactly right.
Nor, of course, does a gate-window seem quite right.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.5.2015
There was no explanation
I just really don’t have any idea what this was all about. There’s not one thing there that makes the least bit of sense to me.
(UPDATE: the chairs, lamp, and table are gone. Only the curtains remain.)
(UPDATE, updated: My friend Ron is Facebook friends with an woman named Terry Gilmore Fritz, who did the installation as part of a photography class. According to Ron, she set it up so passsersby could “shoot people while in the scene.” So it totally makes sense that I saw it, stopped, and made photos without people. That’s comforting, somehow.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.4.2015
Buy 1 Get 1
For various reasons, I’ve been in a bit of a shooting slump lately.
But I feel like I might be coming back. On Thursday morning, I noticed the way the sunlight played across this roadside fireworks stand. And on Friday, I brought my camera, pulled off the road, and made a few images. It felt right.
(Also, for you fireworks shoppers out there, it’s Buy 1 Get 1 every day.)
Smyer, Texas
photographed 12.4.2015
One Day | One Image 