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song circle
My friends and I have a tradition (because we’ve done it twice, so it’s a legit tradition) where we take ourselves and our cameras on road trips to see what we can find. For the most part, we travel without an agenda but with strong curiosities.
In February we headed out to Far West Texas for a few days. One day we ended up in Terlingua Ghost Town, where to our very great delight there was a song circle set up in a parking lot. The musicians agreed to our request to photograph them, so you can guess what we did.
(To be fair, they probably thought we were asking to take a handful of photos, not about a million. But still.)
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas
photographed 2.19.2025
Joe
Just a little shot of Joe’s grave in the cemetery at Terlingua Ghost Town. I didn’t know him, but I liked the handful of candles, the tattered flag, and the scratched-concrete grave marker.
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas
photographed 3.25.2021
Jesús Vega, redone
Sometimes amazing, unbelievable things happen.
In early 2013, I visited the cemetery in Terlingua and made this image of the grave marker for Jesús Vega:
Years passed (eight of them) and I was once again in the Terlingua cemetery. I’d made my way all the way around, almost, when I saw something that was nearly unbelievable:
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas
photographed 1.20.2013 and 3.25.2021
The Church Chairs
These may be my two favorite chairs, from a photographic standpoint. They were placed just like this at the back the church, as though they knew I’d be along and need a photo of them.
Well done, chairs.
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas
photographed 3.25.2021
Dowels
My reader(s) who were around in 2013 may recall my earlier photograph from the church in the Terlingua ghost town. That image was one of the first ones I made where I thought maybe this photography gig might work out.
I hadn’t been back to the site since then and was eager to photograph the church again. Once inside, I decided nothing I could shoot of the whole space would be better than what I had already done, so I turned my eyes and my camera to the smaller things.
Terlingua Ghost Town, Texas
photographed 3.25.2021
One Day | One Image 