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The Open Air

We do not need high-ceilinged galleries to justify the work. We do not need permission from curators, nor do we need a complex vocabulary to explain what is already standing in front of us.

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Odessa Meteor Crater

It had been a long while since I had exposed a roll of film. It was so long that I had forgotten how to load the camera. After fidgeting with the M3, I managed to advance the film a few clicks.

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Depth Over Distance

When we chase pictures of beauty and grandeur, documentary photography teaches us that the everyday is right here, hidden all around us, and that we don’t need to burn half a tank of gas to find it.

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Stonehenge Replica

Odessa, Texas

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The Utility of Empty Space

Modern work demands constant oversight, requiring us to keep systems running day after day. Yet there are very few places where we can simply be, without anything being asked of us in return.

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White-Pool House

Odessa, Texas

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Sandstone Store

Odessa, Texas

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Today

A simple note. If there’s something you want to do, do it today, not tomorrow, not five years from now. Do it today. This is it. This short moment is all anyone gets. Spend your time wisely. Work wisely.

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Overpass

Monahans, Texas

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Old Orla

Orla, Texas

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Impact Crater

Odessa, Texas

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Andrews Highway

Odessa, Texas

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Mesquite

Odessa, Texas

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Pecos River

Girvin (Horsehead Crossing), Texas

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Town

Rankin, Texas

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Pond

Midland, Texas

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Interstate Twenty

The heat off the asphalt is a physical thing out here, but the horizon stays wide open. I had driven out to Monahans just to check on a building I remembered—to see if it was still standing the way it lived in my head. I found it, recorded it, but the day felt too open to turn back around.

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2nd near West County Rd.

Odessa, Texas

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Monahans Motel

Monahans, Texas

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Working Town

If people knew you were out there making pictures, you’d probably get in worse trouble, a proper way of going wrong. Odessa is a working town, and everyone needs a good way of going wrong.