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Mintbrook

Mintbrook Inside the farm-fresh ’51 Plymouth Cranbrook at Big M last full moon. In total darkness before the moon rose, mint, purple and warm white from the Protomachines flashlight, in 69-seconds.

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Super 88 and the Cotton Trailers

1960 Oldsmobile at Eagle field. Beat up and tired, but pretty complete. Night, 305-seconds of full moon with white, purple, red and blue light bounced around from various directions.

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Cranbrook Ghosts

1951 Plymouth Cranbrook. Another barn find at Big M, John had just trucked it in that day from some farm in the valley. It was a beat up, rusty old bomb, with almost all of its chrome gone. These are the left and right front fenders, just behind the front tire. I like it’s delicious […]

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The Five Steps

The Five Steps Rooting around in folders, oh yeah, I remember this night in 2015, sneaking around at the abandoned Alameda Naval Air Station. Stairwell in one of the barracks. Late at night, total darkness through the fish-eye, lit with Protomachines flashlight.

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Ranger Quintet

Edsel parts, last night at Big M. Total darkness with Protomachine flashlight from 2 directions.

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Rotten Marshmallow

Rotten Marshmallow White ’80s Lincoln stretch-limousine, decaying at the junkyard. Night, total darkness with white flashlight from 2 directions.

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The Alltrans Express

The Alltrans Express Trailer, ductwork and a sapling, in one of those lonely abandoned places, far away and late at night. 201 seconds of full moon outside, with a little plain ‘ol flashlight from camera right.

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High Sierra Arch

High Sierra Arch Abandoned quonset at a derelict mine complex, on the back of the mountains. Night, 296-seconds of full moon and red flashlight.

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54 Door

54 Door Right rear door of a ’54 Packard, mouldering at the junkyard. Funky in there, like it hadn’t been opened in a very long time. 66 seconds of full moon with red, lime and white from the Protomachines flashlight.

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Running on Fumes (purple)

Running on Fumes (purple) Never showed this warm-balanced purple variation to anyone. I dunno, sometimes you just want to sit on them for a while to see if it ages right. Yermo, California, August 2015. 192-seconds of full moon with purple-set Protomachines flashlight.

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