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concrete takes many forms
The reason I even knew to look for this place is that a photographer from South Carolina, that I met in Cuba, told me about it.
The photographic world is really pretty small.
Anyway, it’s not lush. Or shady. Or green. But of course that makes it photographically more interesting (to me) and I spent a while there the other morning.
And, here’s a couple of ways that concrete can be formed into different shapes, each with a very specific use.
San José Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.28.2023
the frontier
I can’t imagine a world where there’s not a Frontier Restaurant in Albuquerque; it’s been right there on the corner of Central Avenue and Cornell Avenue since I can remember*. It’s good. It’s cheap. It’s open long hours. And (as you can see here) they bus the tables for you.
The Frontier Restaurant
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2023
*Never you mind how long that is.
bubble man
In nine days on the road, I made 3,000 photographs. This is by far the most joyful one of the entire bunch. And it sure made me happy I finally released myself from that ban on photographing people.
Santa Monica Pier, California
photographed 6.3.2023
sale
Back in the day when I lived in Albuquerque, this was a fancy office building. The subsequent decades have not been especially kind to the building and I would no longer consider it “fancy” by any known metric.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2023
important cargo (maybe)
A junked out vehicle, filled with junk. Was it a redundancy or an amplification?
Also, in this town I saw a man walking along the highway. He was wearing a backpack and carrying a one-gallon container of water. Every time a car would pass by, he’d raise the water container as a wave to the drivers. (This is not a part of the state where people just…hike.) (So I am not sure what his deal was.)
Jayton, Texas
photographed 5.22.2023
One Day | One Image 