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an agrarian society
Just across a dry and sticker-infested field from yesterday’s boat picture is a little church with the world’s saddest playground next to it. Just to cite one example of how dismal it is, this hobby horse is the best thing there. And it feels like it’s trying to get away from a crime scene.
Levelland, Texas
photographed 2.28.2026
play/ground (with tree)
If this centrifugal force death machine somehow fails at its job, there are about a million stickers in the grass and they are ready to take over.
Playgrounds! So much fun! So much danger!!
Haswell, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2024
slide damage
I have a small body of work that includes playground equipment. Slides are particularly well-represented, for some reason.*
This slide, which looks to have had an encounter with a vehicle, is my current favorite. (And will be, too, until I the next time I see a playground that needs photographing.)
Weed, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2023
*I like them. That’s the reason.
the long slide down
I like to photograph empty playgrounds. On a day that’s really cold and windy, and in a town where the population is 65, the odds of finding a vacant playground were pretty good.
Hazard, Nebraska
photographed 12.10.2020
Playground on a dripping day
It’s been a hot summer here in Texas, so to make myself feel cooler, I’m posting this picture that I made on a cold, damp day last December. I found this antiquated playground in a tiny town way up in the top of the Texas Pandhandle.
Mobeetie, Texas
photographed 12.27.2019
One Day | One Image 