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Roadside Art

Maybe one of these days I can see a graffiti artist in action. And maybe when that happens I can choke down my inherent shyness and have a chat with them. I have some questions…

Chaves County, New Mexico
photographed 6.20.2021

Arch and a half

Many things start with good intentions. But those intentions can only get you so far, sometimes, before the arch starts to fall.

Chaves County, New Mexico
photographed 5.23.2021

Portals

I have only recently noticed a repository of dead cars (mostly VWs) on the highway near my house. There is very strong evidence to suggest that it’s been there for a while – a long while – so I am not sure what it took until lately for me to see it.

But the camera and I got there as fast as we could, and we found these portals.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 6.20.21

let

One of the most beneficial things about my everyday camera/lens combination is that the lens is small enough to fit right into the diamond shapes of a chain-link fence.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 6.20.2021

Windowsill Car

The randomness of things will (I hope) always amaze me. I was out on the fringes of town the other day and spotted a mobile home that was less mobile and less home with every passing minute. Some of the windows were gone, others were boarded up with now-weathered plywood. The front steps were about half missing. A tree was asserting its dominance by growing very close to the wall. The front door was gone. There was a toilet fixture in the living room.

And this: a toy car parked right there on the windowsill.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 6.20.2021