WALKING IN LANCASTER (2008), II

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During my first year back in Lancaster, I'd often just walk aimlessly around Lancaster looking for places, objects and textures to photograph. Here's a 2-part set of some that caught my eye again this past week.

Row #1: Rocky Springs Amusement Park
Row #2: Rocky Springs Amusement Park
Row #3: Armstrong World Industries
Row #4: Consumers Ice Factory

WALKING IN LANCASTER (2008), I

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During my first year back in Lancaster, I'd often just walk with my iPod around Lancaster looking for places, objects and textures to photograph. Here's a 2-part set of some that caught my eye again this past week.

Row #1: Lancaster Stockyards
Row #2: Lancaster Stockyards, Water Buggy
Row #3: Metallic dust, doorknob (Lancaster city)
Row #4: Armstrong Cork

THE FASHION SILK MILL II, LANCASTER

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Pt. 2 of 2

More Sally Jane Vintage fashion-action from the Stehli Silk Mill. I love to shoot the details while she's preparing her outfit – including a self-portrait in one smudgy mirror! Someone get me some Green Works Glass Cleaner! One day this old mill is going to be refurbished and it's going to be fascinating (or disturbing) to see the new life it takes on. Only time will tell…

THE FASHION SILK MILL I, LANCASTER

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Pt. 1 of 2

I hadn't shot Jennifer… er, Sally Jane Vintage… at the Stehli Silk Mill to date – and wanted to remedy that while it was still an option. They just don't build structures like this one anymore, right? Look at the details in those stairs. Gorgeous.

AN UPDATE FROM YOURS TRULY…

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First, what's up with all the old photos lately, you ask? Where's the new images of toxic rotting creepiness? Well, Mark & I have been on an exploration hiatus due to our busy schedules. After all, he's got his own line of delicious hot sauce to worry about for god's sake. And me? Well, I bought a new-to-me, built-in-1867 house and have been dealing with moving, projects tackled on our own, contractors both inside and outside the house, the beginning of my semester of teaching at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, freelance design, my freelance work with Killswitch Engage and – in general – trying to maintain some semblance of a life all the while. However…

Second, I just compiled a brand-new Canon dSLR kit:
• Canon EOS 7D body
• CanonEF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM Lens
• Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens
• SanDisk Extreme III Compact Flash 16GB (x5)
• Canon LP-E6 Battery Pack (x3)
• Tamrac 5767 Velocity 7x Black Photo Sling Pack

Not only will I have my first kick-ass lens but I'm replacing the 50mm/1.8 that I destroyed at Rosewood, having my first actual camera back, etc. Did you know the Canon D-line shoots HD video? I can't wait, let me tell you. Speaking of "can't wait"…

Third, within the month ahead, I have photography/video trips to New Jersey, New York State and Brazil. In other words, I'm going to have a lot of images to post in November – to say the least! More on all of this as the photos come together. Wish me luck and…

Thanks for stopping by, as always.

RUINS OF THE DIRTY SOUTH IV

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Pt. 4 of 4

"A Study Of An Abandoned “Creosote Creek”Community"

This is the dawn of it all, my first true abandoned photographic exploration. The site was McDonald St. in Tarrant, AL, a street of former, shotgun shack housing for the coke plant across the railroad tracks. Located in a flood plain of a polluted creek only a couple hundred feet away, the homes were abandoned during a severe flood never to be returned to. Everything was left inside: from photo albums to clothes and even keys and photo identification.

Looking back on it, it's no wonder I got hooked on photographing abandonment, with this being my first. We returned in December 2008 in hopes of shooting the street once again, but the street was completely razed. It was a necessary step for the land but we were bummed not to get another shot at it, both literally and figuratively speaking.

Note: All of these images were shot on 35mm on November 9th, 2005.

For a complete history that's very worth reading, see Pt. 1 of 4.

RUINS OF THE DIRTY SOUTH III

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Pt. 3 of 4

"A Study Of An Abandoned “Creosote Creek”Community"

This is the dawn of it all, my first true abandoned photographic exploration. The site was McDonald St. in Tarrant, AL, a street of former, shotgun shack housing for the coke plant across the railroad tracks. Located in a flood plain of a polluted creek only a couple hundred feet away, the homes were abandoned during a severe flood never to be returned to. Everything was left inside: from photo albums to clothes and even keys and photo identification.

Looking back on it, it's no wonder I got hooked on photographing abandonment, with this being my first. We returned in December 2008 in hopes of shooting the street once again, but the street was completely razed. It was a necessary step for the land but we were bummed not to get another shot at it, both literally and figuratively speaking.

Note: All of these images were shot on 35mm on November 9th, 2005.

For a complete history that's very worth reading, see Pt. 1 of 4.

RUINS OF THE DIRTY SOUTH II

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Pt. 2 of 4

"A Study Of An Abandoned “Creosote Creek”Community"

This is the dawn of it all, my first true abandoned photographic exploration. The site was McDonald St. in Tarrant, AL, a street of former, shotgun shack housing for the coke plant across the railroad tracks. Located in a flood plain of a polluted creek only a couple hundred feet away, the homes were abandoned during a severe flood never to be returned to. Everything was left inside: from photo albums to clothes and even keys and photo identification.

Looking back on it, it's no wonder I got hooked on photographing abandonment, with this being my first. We returned in December 2008 in hopes of shooting the street once again, but the street was completely razed. It was a necessary step for the land but we were bummed not to get another shot at it, both literally and figuratively speaking.

Note: All of these images were shot on 35mm on November 9th, 2005.

For a complete history that's very worth reading, see Pt. 1 of 4.