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the narrowest stairs
Lots of cities still utilize their Union Stations as, you know, train stations. Tulsa is not one of them (the building is still there, but it’s private office space).
Instead of getting to see a nice train station interior, I looked at the graffiti-embellished and abandoned-looking space under the building. I was lucky enough to spot this extremely narrow stairway, nicely lit by the morning sun.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.21.2024
family
This is just a block away from my office, so I drive by it often. And for some reason, April 16 was the day I noticed it and recognized it for what it was: a photographic opportunity. So on April 17 I brought my camera to work.
(I also spent some time that day driving around, seeking a particular body shop that I had very specific recollections of. My memories were that it was a corrugated metal building, that it had an unevenly-painted business name right on the metal, that there was a car – an old Impala? – parked in front, that it was on my right as I faced east. I never found it. I looked until I gave up. And that’s when I remembered a particularly vivid dream about being out photographing. So maybe that elusive body shop was just a dream?)
(Welcome to my brain – it’s weird in there.)
Levelland, Texas
photographed 4.17.2024
back in the old neighborhood
One of the several places I lived in Albuquerque was just a few blocks from this park. The other day, I went back there, sat on a bench and read for a while and made a few photos; there was no real reason in particular except that I had some time to kill before I headed to the airport.
The thing is that the stop at the park got all the nostalgia out of my system and I didn’t even want to go look at the old house.
Hyder Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 4.4.2024
traditions fall away
This shopping center was out of business; it was disappointing that the entrances had chains across them because I had Big Ideas about driving around to get photos of the place. I had to be content with a quick shot from the access (or not-access, in this case) road.
Also, if you are on this road don’t try and be all cool and whatnot and think “I’ll just hop right back on the interstate.” because you’ll shortly come to the end of the access road and have to turn around, like everyone but you knew all along was what would happen.
Algodones, New Mexico
photographed 4.4.2024
spring snowstorm (impression)
None of my group anticipated that we’d see a snowstorm on our trip – it was April, after all.
However: we saw the kind of snow that Texans usually just dream about – fluffy, big flakes. We walked about a quarter of a mile back to our hotel as the snow fell; we were wet and cold when we got there, but none of us minded it a bit.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 4.1.2024
One Day | One Image 