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Film

It’s pictures made with film that I want to print most — a perfect blend of being choosy and patient.

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Texas State Highway 17

Saragosa, Texas

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Neighbors

Bovina, Texas

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Expansive

Wind lifts loose soil, shuffles mesquite branches, and swirls across a vast horizon.

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Freight Depot

The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Freight Depot in Fort Stockton

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Experiment

Many people know that we have more to learn, and from the moment we realize that we’re not the center of everything, it gets better.

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Ector Theater Neon

Odessa, Texas

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Clipped Corners

A ground glass will have missing corners so you can see if the lens is projecting from edge to edge. If you can see the lens, it’s giving full coverage.

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Tough. Friendly. Hardworking.

Odessa is a pretty good place.

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One Big Small Town

If you take pictures from town to town and put everything together, it’s like you’re seeing one big small town.

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Photography

Colorado City, Texas

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Business Section

Stanton, Texas

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Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned buildings dot rural Texas, but if restored, they’d make great workspaces, and I’d gladly rent one.

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Colorado City

Colorado City has potential and possesses a great central business district. It’s on busy Interstate Twenty, far out but not too far away, and surrounded by rolling plains.

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f/8 and be there

F/8 is typically the most optimal aperture for everyday lenses.

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The end of photo archives

Image archives will become unrealistic because we’ll have too many new photographs.

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Guadalupe Pass

Guadalupe Mountains, Texas

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Watching the sky

Cumulus clouds rise above the horizon, resembling snowcapped mountains where Abilene needs rain — a grudge is a burden none can afford.

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Happy Center

Happy, Texas

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Mercantile

The desire to ornament a small store in remote West Texas is different in my time. The roof ornamentation of the mercantile is an outward expression of something creative, and I like that.