Super rare Vanguard Electric Mail Truck, dragged out of the shadows for the workshop at Paul’s. Just catching the moonrise. Red, blue, green and snooted white Protomachine flashlight.
Watch Your Fingers
Back from another wild and crazy workshop at Paul’s Junkyard! Incredibly windy on the third night, and it got so bad the following night, the CHP ended up closing Highway 14 thru Lancaster due to “zero-visiblity conditions” so we cut out at just the right moment. My eyes got so full of sand they still […]
The Indoor Cloud
Former sofa in an abandoned house in the far eastern reaches of California’s Antelope Valley. Kinda funky in here. Treacherous footing in the dark. After midnight, Cold and windy. Desaturated purple and full-bore red Protomachine flashlight from a variety of angles. Full moon outside, 115 second exposure.
No Instruments Required
Red purple and lLime-set protomachine flashlight. 143 second exposure under full moon.
Blue Eyed Soul
A recent addition at Paul’s, it’s a bone-stock, totally complete, four-door ’71 Ford LTD. When I was 10 or 11 these cars were everywhere. I remember thinking they were really common and boring. 40+ years on however, this thing seems strangely stylish and unique. 3 minute exposure under the full moon. Shot into the shadows. […]
Bucktoothed
An Austin Powers-era MG 1100 forgotten in a shed. Protomachine Flashlight set to white, green, purple and red. 161 seconds in deep shade.
Crawling Into The Moonlight
Had to work fast to catch just the tip of the white whale breeching from its garage. A few minutes later, with more moonlight revealing the scene, the character of this set up changed dramatically. This giant tank of a car is part of a private collection in California’s Central Valley. Protomachine flashlight set to […]
Skippy
The ERCO Ercoupe was a small, easy to fly civilian 2-seater designed and sold as “the safest airplane in the world.” From 1940 to 1968 almost 6,000 were sold. This worn out example sits on a remote piece of tarmac at a private airport in Central California. 309 second exposure under the full moon. […]
Wild Bill Kelso
Full-size display model of a Curtis P-40, made mostly of balsa wood and fiberglas. It lives in the back corner of a hangar at a sleepy little aviation museum in Central California. Total darkness, Protomachine flashlight, lime, red and blue.
Falling Into The Hole
Disassembled Lockheed P-2 Neptune, in storage at a private airfield in California’s Central Valley. Full moon light, Protomachine light set to red, lime and turquoise, during a 4 minute exposure.

