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High ResolutionThese abandoned structures that dot the countryside are a testament to the days of 65¢ gas. Many times while driving I was lured off the road in hopes of gas only to find another shut down business in the empty landscape. These lonely buildings conjured up thoughts of the past and those who once fueled up here, those who didn’t have the comfort of SUNOCOs, Valeros, Cheverons and the multitude of fuel providers scattered along the roads today. How many saw these oddly shaped roof with their little pumps outside, how many felt relief as the needle dropped even further blow the E line? Shit, who am I kidding?! I already had a half tank…I was just trying to lighten the mental load of total cost of this trip. Seeing a sale of twenty dollars, twice as often, is much easier to bare than shelling out forty shortly thereafter . It gave me a reason to stop, stretch, smoke, chat up some locals and grab some slop.
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High ResolutionBombay Beach at the Salton Sea, California.
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High ResolutionBombay Beach, a tiny town that remained on the shores of Southern California’s Salton Sea even after most abandoned it.
a photographic sketchbook
Everyone that you knew just
lives on in these things
just like you are now.
From Niagara Falls, NY to Wyoming, to San Diego, to Brooklyn, to....???
These photos have been shot with various cameras including a Canon 5D Mark II, a Minolta SRT-101, a Mamiya RB67, a Holga, a Nikon D200 and a Canonet QL17 GIII
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