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It was an urgent situation
An overnight fire took out three businesses, which is sort of a large percentage of overall businesses in this town.
You didn’t ask, but I am going to tell you anyway. The fact that yesterday’s post was a fire-damaged building and so is today’s is a complete coincidence. My workflow is not nearly organized enough to plan out something like that.
You didn’t ask about this either, but I want to say that the businesses that were destroyed – Klemke’s Sausage Haus, Klemke’s Antiques, and the Slaton Family Medical Center – were well-established local outfits, and all of them had been in business for around thirty years. Small-town Texas showed the good side of itself after this fire: there are two different GoFundMe campaigns to help the destroyed businesses. And the town is hosting a street dance and fireworks show on July 6, with proceeds to benefit the businesses. Way to go, Slaton!
Slaton, Texas
photographed 6.16.2019
Here we go (bonus post)
Fourteen months of shooting and 4000 images later – here we go: the first print for my solo show “Years of Dreaming.” The project documents the final year of the Lubbock Memorial Auditorium and Coliseum, which have been demolished to make way for…something.
The show will open August 2 at the 5 + J Gallery here in Lubbock.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.22.2018
Details, urban ruins
There’d been a fire here. That’s all I can say with certainty.
Vaughn, New Mexico
photographed 2.25.2019
Of course there was a vacancy
Yes, there was a vacancy at this place. Mostly because it was out of business.
Vaughn, New Mexico
photographed 2.25.2019
Underwear and one shoe
It makes me sad to see business that haven’t made it, especially in towns that are obviously struggling.
But on the other hand, I sure do like it when they’ve closed up shop without cleaning out their inventories. Just look at the stuff – lots of TVs and underwear, and that one dusty shoe.
Vaughn, New Mexico
photographed 2.25.2019
