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Moonrise Over Section 243

Moonrise Over Section 243

The September full moon, rising over a pack of junkyard ’50s Chevys.  15-seconds , f/11, iso 200.  Done with 2 exposures because I couldn’t run around with the flashlight fast enough.

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A Home in No-Man

A Home In No-Man’s-Land

Trailer life on the junkyard battlefield.

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Friends Forever  :::::  1950 DeSoto & 1922 Oldsmobile

Friends Forever

Side by side for decades, hopefully they’ll be side by side for decades to come.  In my new favorite junkyard, Central California.

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Minty a la Mondrian  :::::  The Barracks

Minty a la Mondrian

One of the bug and guano-filled WWII-era barracks buildings at Eagle Field.  Skimmed and scorched with a Protomachine flashlight.

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Vegan Cannibals  :::::  1971 Chevy Vega

Vegan Cannibals

In a California Junkyard. 9/24/13, 12:42AM, 132 seconds, full moon, Protomachine flashlight.

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Small Prints

Small Prints Now Available!

Launching today, the Lost America site now has 24 different 8×10/8×12 prints, now available for order!  Only $25 each, paid online, through Paypal.  These lab-printed, Kodak Endura Lustre-finished prints are titled, signed and dated on the back. I’ve never offered prints like this before, but people keep asking me for an entry-level, inexpensive print option.  Well, […]

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Ninety Eight Lines  :::::  1967 Oldsmobile 98  :::::  Eagle Field
Neptune

Neptune’s Side Door

Going all convex and concave with the disassembled Lockheed P-2 Neptune, at Eagle Field.  Night, full moon, 238-seconds.  Lime and red Protomachine flashlight.  The plane’s wing was on the ground, off camera right, acting as a giant fill card for the moonlight.

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The Shadow of the Poon  :::::  Lockheed Harpoon

The Shadow of the Poon

Taking advantage of a little sodium vapor bounce from that PG&E light that never turns off at Eagle Field, the night before the workshop started.  Loved them shadows, so I filled them with a little purple light from the Protomachine and let it burn in for 268 seconds.  It’s a Lockheed Harpoon, a Ventura variant […]

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Sleestak Ground Crew (purple rim) :::::  Lockheed Harpoon

Sleestak Ground Crew

Just back from holding another whirlwind, action-packed 3-day night photography workshop.  We were at a new location this time: Eagle Field, a former WWII Air Force training base, now privately owned, in California’s Central Valley.  Past workshop alumni, and all-around oddball, Steve, brought his new Sleestak costume to wear for his portrait sitting, so I […]

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