Rudi Cox’s Studio All that’s left of the motel featured in the movie “Bagdad Cafe” is the foundation and this sign. It’s on Old 66 at Newberry Springs. I got hit by a powerful flashlight from that old RV as I was throwing light around during my first exposure. Sorry to bother you, it sure […]

Here’s the cover of my new book, scheduled for release on 7/29/19. I have seen the full PDF and YES!!! I can’t wait for this weirdly colorful baby to be birthed into the world, screaming to be seen. I am very pleased with how easily it came together, how the publisher accepted all my suggestions […]

KOA-Frame I can’t recall the first time I saw this KOA Kampground on the Lenwood cutoff between Highway 58 and Interstate 15, probably sometime in the early ’80s when I was looking for a shortcut around Barstow. It was still open then, but it’s been closed and derelict for at least 25 years now. Finally […]

Second Story Drift The slow-moving tidal wave of sand from the dry Mojave River engulfs the houses on the north edge of Newberry Springs. Purple and green from the Protomachine flashlight during 2:17 of burned in ambient moonlight and the glow of Barstow in the distance.

The Dixie Spike Another of those touchstone places where I always seem to stop every few years and make pictures, my first night shoot at Barstow’s long-bypassed Dixie Inn was 19 years ago. This was last week’s full moon, from the crumbling gas station next door. Yeah, the pig farm across the street still stinks […]

Gray Decay An abandoned bedroom off Route 66, Newberry Springs, California. Night, full moon outside, total darkness in, with cool white, lime and red from the Protomachines flashlight. It all happened in 142 seconds.

The River of Sand A night on Arrakis, or is that just the Mojave River dunes, consuming the edge of town? Just 5 minutes from the road and it certainly feels like another planet. 127 seconds under a full moon with heavy clouds and red and white from the Protomachines flashlight. Get in close and […]

The Dead Town Moon Snuck in a couple of nights in the Mojave, between storms during this weeks full moon, shooting abandoned places on the fringes of Barstow. Skulking around in half dead towns that don’t quite know they’re ghost towns yet, I only got yelled at and had a flashlight shined at me a […]

Planet Claire (chrome oxide) The limey yellow variation of the broken B-52 in the Mojave. From the summer of ’14, never shown this one before. 45-minutes of accumulated star trails.

A Life of Seclusion The other trailer by the palms, in that big flat place owned by mosquitoes and wasps. Two minutes of full moon at 12:30 AM, with purple from here and green from there.