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mixed message
experimenting with blue-cast kono color ISO 8 film, shown here is a chain-link fence around a disused industrial parking lot with a large handmade sign reading VEHICLES ENTER HERE. however, a small mass-produced sign warns that unauthorized vehicles will be towed, so that is discouraging.
SRK
more blue kono ISO 8—my spouse under a bridge.
hilltop
a woven wire structure with a firepit in the center seen from downhill. this is another ISO 8 film image.
skyline
from within the fire circle in the previous image, a harbor and the skyline are visible.
blocks
blue kono ISO 8 close-up image of scuffed and weathered concrete blocks roughly a third of a meter square each, with rusted iron chains and brackets.
bucky bird
a black and white photograph of an ornate three-tiered ornamental memorial fountain in an urban park (buckingham fountain in chicago) with a bird caught in flight against the sky
duck
a black and white photograph of a dead mallard duck in tall dry autumn grass. beads of rain water dot the bird’s feathers.
a function of memory
a black and white double-exposure showing an early 20th-century urban park pavilion structure with columns in strong angled sun, superimposed with a sky full of looming trees for a completely overgrown feeling.
go e-z
a square-format black and white photograph of a sign for a mechanic shop called GO E-Z, against a cloudy sky.
tyler elbows
black and white photograph of a jumble of cast iron sewer pipe elbow junctions seen from fairly close up, emphasizing the dark interiors, circular openings and rivet holes, and the smooth curves.
pots & pans
track & saplings
from the bridge
snow fence
van buren drive in
where am i
monumental
this place is mine
flirt
sports
knee deep
in the forest
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