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desert forest
I’ve been to Valentine several times. I generally avoid going out to see Prada Marfa while I’m there because all possible photos of the place have already been taken.
This gives me time to look around the actual town and that’s how I found a cemetery over there on the south side. Evidently it doesn’t have a name, either on the entrance gate or on Google maps, but it was worth the stop. Plus I didn’t have to wait around for my turn to take pictures (like you do at the famous place) because everyone there but me was dead.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 5.13.2024
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
desert gym
The town of Valentine, Texas, has a population of 73*, a library**, two cemeteries, a world-famous art installation***, and this open-air gym.
Valentine, Texas
photographed 5.13.2024
*That seems high, based on my observations.
**You can text the librarian if you want in, and they will “come right over”, according to the sign taped to the door. Also, they don’t reply to texts from unknown numbers.
***Prada Marfa.
Constant flow of visitors
This place has been photographed approximately infinity number of times*, and there’s nothing I feel I can add by taking/posting photos of the front of it.
But I did go around back (which you already know) and got a few shots of visitors. You’d have to work hard to find a spot that’s more remote that this, but there was still a steady flow of visitors. Most of them stayed in front, though, which I was happy about.
Prada Marfa
Valentine, Texas
photographed 12.22.2018
*Go ahead. Google “Prada Marfa images.” I’ll wait.
Like looking through glass
I think I owe you an apology; the other day I posted a link to a song that wasn’t even by Bruce Cockburn. That must have been very confusing, as it went against everything that you expect from us here at One Day | One Image, musically.
And that funny-looking instrument he’s playing? It’s a charango.
Valentine Community Church
Valentine, Texas
photographed 7.11.2015
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