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You can’t trust reflections
Sometimes a technically bad image turns out not so bad, after all.
Like this one, which I liked so much when I saw it on the back screen of my camera that I didn’t even try to get a “good” shot. (Also, since I was taking pictures in a restroom, I was hurrying in order to not get caught…)
Hotel Settles
Big Spring, Texas
photographed 11.23.2018
“There is no death.”
The back of this elaborate tomb was engraved with a quote from Elizabeth Parker, who said, “There is no death. There is no forever gone.”
It is on her own tombstone, and she died in 2011, at age 16.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018
Fountain
A detail of the hotel’s fountain, which was a popular place for photos. On Saturday morning, as guests were arriving for a wedding, there was practically a line of dressed-up folks ready to pose for the camera. Or phone.
Crescent Hotel and Spa
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.5.2018
Dashboard Palette
A beat-up truck in front of an art gallery was itself a piece of art, with that canvas thick with paint on the dashboard. And then, as I stood there, the back window turned itself into a picture frame. (That votive candle in the snow on the hood brought a little bit to the scene, as well.)
Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 12.25.2015
The problem with iconic places
I’ve said it before, and I stick with it: the problem with visiting iconic locations is getting a shot that’s not been made a million times before. The clouds are just about the only thing that sets this apart from everything else that looks just like it.
But, still, it was Christmas Eve, and I was in a sacred location and felt the need to document it…
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
