Lost America

I vividly remember enjoying making this one, taking advantage of the reflection, balancing all the colors, angles and distances, working with a great deal of intention.  Lotsa fun.

Here’s another before and after pairing at Halloran Springs, this time the new pump islands first installed (and shot) in 1993, and the second from August 2016, years after the site had been abandoned. The spring’s on a ridge with big vistas, looking 15 miles down the interstate to Baker and beyond.  

The Halloran Springs Exit off of Interstate 15, on the run to Vegas.  I almost cropped off the right side to 4×5, but thought the shoes hanging from the roof were a nice touch.  August 2016, red, white and purple flashlight, with the available street and full moon light.

Another view of the abandoned roadside complex at Halloran Springs, California.  It was a very smoky night, from the Blue Cut Fire, August 2016.  3-minutes under the full moon and cool white-set Protomachines flashlight on the signs and structure.

Two views of Halloran Springs California, a lonely spot off of Interstate 15, overlooking the eastern approach to Baker, California. The first is from a late afternoon June monsoon, in 1993, when the gas station was freshly refurbished with a new set of islands, and the mechanic roved the steep grade with his tow truck […]

I found it that way, I just had to set up to take advantage of it.  Hard to see set ups like this in the dark with a fisheye lens.  Sand Canyon, after the fire, shot November 2014.  2 minutes of full moon outside and lime ambient fill with some white spotlight on the owl.

Here’s another magazine interview, this one from 2015, for Pro Photographer Magazine, out of New Zealand. That image, Planet Claire, was shot in the summer of 2014, on the fringes of Edwards AFB. Thanks for running the piece James!

Fisheyed in what used to be 8 feet of water, shot just a couple of weeks before the rains that ended drought of the last few years. This was a man-made lake, part of a small movie studio lot, in the high desert North of LA, and yeah,I’m sure it’s still bone dry and filled […]

I only needed white light on this colorful shack in Wonder Valley, California.  Textureville.  Full moon too, for about 2 minutes.

After 25 years of taking pictures in abandoned places I usually pass on taking pictures of toilets at this point.  This one was pretty exceptional though.  The bathroom in yesterday’s post was too small for a commode, so they built this pit toilet . . . in the living room!  Add the minty green paint and the […]