Lost America

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Low and wide with a 1958 DeSoto at Big M. I shot it mainly for that antenna and yeah, I put the air cleaner there to hold the trunk lid down. Night, warm white, and a tiny bit of bounced red Protomachines flashlight, in 138-seconds, before the moonrise.

Up close with a mossy Imperial, in the shade at the Big M. Purple, green and white from the Protomachines flashlight, in 51 seconds.

Veranda of an abandoned farm in the Mojave near Newberry Springs. Shot during that one Spring week when the valley turns green. 3:03 of full moon with a little blue from the Protomachines flashlight.

Datsun B-210, rescued from certain death, by KC, another visitor hanging out at Big M Auto Salvage. Quizzical looks all around when I asked him to stay after dark so I could shoot this car, even tho I was surrounded by hundreds of rare 50s and 60s cars to shoot. It’s been a long time […]

While the rest of the weeds at Big M have been scorched away after the first really hot days of the season, a windshield left in front of this 1960 Valiant has created a lush little eco-system, a fragile green world, under the dome. Green, white, blue and red from the Protomachines flashlight, laid down […]

This mysterious star shaped window on the abandoned Herlong Junction gas station was like a magnet for me. Decrepit, yet sci fi. Total darkness, white outside, red in.

1959 Plymouth Suburban Wagon at Big M Auto Salvage. Night, 125-seconds of total darkness, lit with Protomachines flashlight, green from above, blue from the sides, white snooted into the headlights and red bounced behind the camera.

This one took about 10 more bumbling laps, staggering around the droopy, collapsing “Sofa Monster” house in the dark, outside Hinkley, California. Watch out for that septic tank hole! Green, purple and red Protomachines flashlight from many angles, with 4:03 of accumulated full moon light.

Home wreckage, near Hinkley, California. Full moon, purple, red, green and white from the Protomachines flashlight. It took 3:39 to make a stumbling lap of this dump in the dark, throwing light from all over the place. And it took about 6 tries to get it right, including yes, going in there and rearranging the […]