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Watcher of the Skies

Watcher of the Skies

Meanwhile, back at the radar base on the top of the mountain in Nevada . . . Night, full moon, summer monsoon. Available light only.

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Fragrance

Fragrance

Big Show for me this Weekend! Are you going to the 3-day Kaa Boo Music and Art festival in DelMar this weekend? Well, 111 Minna Gallery is showcasing 3 artists in the Art pavilion and I’m one of them! I’ll have a dozen large prints for sale, 24x36s and 16x24s. Some new work too, including […]

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Eveready

Eveready

Another view inside the bunker on the mountain-top, in Nevada.  Fisheyed, lit with a flashlight in total darkness.

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Safe From Attack

Safe From Attack

Inside the blast-proof bunker at the abandoned mountain-top radar base.  I came in here specifically to dodge the torrential rainstorm that stalled on the peak for part of the night.  Bad air in here.  Dusty, stale.  This claustrophobic space was was dark as dark gets, lit with Protomachines flashlight.

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Moonbase

Moonbase

Former Air Force radar station on a mountaintop in Nevada. Complete with radomes and bunker, the site is now mostly derelict (yet still heavily patrolled). Night, full moon with red, orange and purple-set Protomachines flashlight.

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The Air Force Station

The Air Force Station

    In the summer of 2015 I wandered into this wide open former Air Force station on a Nevada mountain top for an exceptional night of shooting. I’ve tried to return several times since, only to find black, government-issue Suburbans parked up there that scared me off. The last visit I slipped in the […]

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21st Century Posture

21st Century Posture

That gas station, you know, the one in that big empty stretch between Beatty and Goldfield, Nevada.  Late at night, lit with red flashlight under the full moon.

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Blowin in the Wind

Blowin in the Wind

Abandoned wind-tunnel of a house, in California’s Mojave Desert. Purple, red and white flashlight during a 3-minute exposure.  Totally dark inside, full moon out.

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Food Fight

Ghost Town Video Games

In 1917, if you explored a Nevada ghost town you’d probably find a dusty old Faro table on end in the back of an abandoned bar.  In 2017 you find ’80s arcade games.  Not a pure ghost town, dogs were barking at me from the house 50 yards away half the time I was in […]

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Beakology

Beakology

The too close fisheye variation of the dissected ’67 Firebird’s nose on the fencepost.  Lime, red and purple flashlight with a few minutes of full moon.

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