S.S. Minnow
You can’t make this kinda thing up. It was left alongside an abandoned house in Wonder Valley, California. The only bodies of water within 100 miles are mirages. It may look like it’s in good shape from this side, but the interior is totally gutted–it’s just an empty shell. Night, 112 second exposure. Full moon, […]
Droppings In Your Drawers
The interior of the homesteader shack in the previous posting. Wonder Valley, California. Wonder how many times I’ve been exposed to Hanta Virus in places like this over the years? Ghost towning is sure exciting! 52 second exposure, total darkness. Protomachine flashlight, set to white light, from 2 angles.
The Lonely Homestead
A 282 second exposure under the fullest of full moons, at another of Wonder Valley’s hundreds of abandoned homesteader shacks. I went inside with my Protomachines flashlight and coated the walls with red light. The idea of someone living in such a small structure, in such a harsh, remote place . . . it’s beyond […]
The Fight For Shade
Another abandoned homesteader shack in Wonder Valley, east of 29 Palms shot during the July full moon. Just one of hundreds of abandoned homes in the region. 90°F at midnight, the quiet night of a white hot day. Only the faintest signs of tire tracks here, no one has driven under this carport in many […]
Jeremiah O’Brien Gallery now live!
Finally put together a permanent gallery on the LostAmerica.com site of images I shot of the Jeremiah O’Brien in dry dock last winter. You should visit the gallery immediately, it contains several images that I’ve never put online before, like the one below. 85-second exposure in heavy fog. Purple, green and red-gelled LED flashlight. […]
Ask For Matt Ryan
Shot this last week, part of the debris pile on the grounds of an abandoned ranch, lost somewhere in California’s Antelope Valley. No, I didn’t pick ATL QB Matt Ryan in my NFL fantasy draft, but maybe I shoulda taken this as an omen . . . Hope you win your league (unless of course […]
The Brown’s Aren’t Coming Back
Part of the Homestead act, the Wonder Valley Tract east of 29 Palms, California was opened to settlers in the 1940’s. If you improved the lot with a structure, the land was yours for $10 an acre. Thousands rushed to claim their plots and the region mushroomed with one room shacks. By the ’70s hundreds […]
Islands in the Sand
I just couldn’t get enough of this spot. Lit with the Protomachines light.
