p a S s A g E

  I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed. — Garry Winogrand     Exif data: Camera: NIKON D300 Aperture Value: 8 Date Time Digitized: 2012:01:26 11:00:52 Date Time Original: 2012:01:26 11:00:52 Exposure Time: 1 / 249

through the chain link fence

image notes: I shot this photo a few years ago standing on the property surrounding the President Clinton Museum. Since that time, the fence has been removed and the bridge is now part of a walkway connecting the cities of

patina

sort of :-)       The taint of age can be very beautiful. The wreckage of man-made objects is something more beautiful than the new. Rust and weathering adds a patina of…well, I call it ‘elegant gorp’. — Brett

like eyes

This one reminds me of eyes. As someone has well said, “the eyes are the windows to the soul”, these windows are like eyes to this abandoned structure. The starkness of it reminded me of Steinbeck’s writings when he spoke

distrain

image notes: captured from the car window at a moving speed of about 80 miles per hour, somewhere in Kentucky. I don’t know where we were. It’s a long road from Arkansas to Ohio. Distrain Verb Etymology: Middle English from

wreckage & rust

image notes: NIKON D300 with Brownie app Exif data: NIKON D300, Focal Length: 105 mm, Aperture: f/5.6, Exposure: 1/499 sec, ISO Speed: 200, Flash: Not fired     The taint of age can be very beautiful. The wreckage of man–made