Lots for Sale

(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

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That’s right, people. We got LOTS for sale!

We got everythin’ you could possibly need, want or imagine. We got LOTS!

LOTS and LOTS!

Give us a call. We’ll sell ya some!

“JUST AS I FOUND IT”

(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

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MAY 20, 2004 – THEME: FRAME

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On recent photo hunts, I’ve been taking shots of abandoned structures. The house in this photo is on a country road near Changewater, New Jersey. The place looks like whoever lived there just up and left one day. There is a washer and dryer just inside that open window. There are rusty bikes leaning against the back of an old barn. There’s an old doghouse with a pile of logs and boards next to it. Even the dog took off. Places like these make me wonder what the heck happened here. I want to hear the story and know what happened to everyone and why the property was left to decay.

Sometimes I fool myself into thinking that I can stop the decay with my camera. I can bring it all to a halt. It is my resistance to change, my reluctance to accept the fact that all material things wear out and fade away. Ultimately, the captured images are reminders that I too shall wear out and fade away one day. I will show my defiance by turning the decay into art.

Below are a few other photos from this site, not part of the Theme Thursday project, just presented to satisfy the curious.

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