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footgear

I was at the horse sale, but that doesn’t mean that non-horse stuff wasn’t interesting. Like these boots – I was sort of fascinated by them.

Clovis Horse Sale
Levelland, Texas
photographed 5.18.2024

spotter with pearl snap buttons and a bidder

 

Oh, man – I sure do like watching the auction spotters as they coax ever-higher bids from people who want to buy a horse. They have great facial expressions and mysterious hand signs and they never, ever look discouraged.

Clovis Horse Sale
Levelland, Texas
photographed 5.18.2024

field trip

 

I was six years old the first time I came to Far West Texas. It is still the place I come to be centered and where I feel most myself. I like being under the huge skies, below the mountains, and in the middle of the subtleties of the desert.

It’s mysterious why this place – of everywhere I’ve ever been – made itself THE place. But it did.

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas
photographed 5.14.2024

ghost or saint

 

The church door is always locked when I’m there, so the best I can do is photograph the shadowy statue. (If I ever get inside, though, I will be sure to let you know.)

Sacred Heart Catholic Mission
Valentine, Texas
photographed 5.13.2024

niche (an impression)

 

I don’t know. Sometimes I think my work is too literal, too documentary.

And then there’s this…

Marfa, Texas
photographed 5.13.2024