Post #685074 by aquarj on Mon, Jul 8, 2013 10:03 AM

Thanks DC, great stuff! That can be a lot of work gathering pics like that, not to mention the strange looks people give you.

For me, when I've taken pics like that, there's a feeling like time is standing still. There might be some rust and decay, but somehow with the atmosphere of these artifacts and the apparent attitudes of people who are around them on a daily basis, it just feels like everything's kinda frozen in time. But then when you come back at some later time and see changes, it feels like the previous impression was actually just a deception, and in fact you captured something that is already beyond reach.

Dunno if that'll all make sense to anyone, but anyway that's the feeling that these kind of pictures remind me of. Makes me want to go take pics, even of local stuff around our own neighborhood that's been on the list for a while. Not too long ago, a local bar that I pass every day driving to work was doing an exterior renovation. They removed something that had been blocking a wall with a great giant mural of a cocktail. It was the kind of thing you'd never see nowadays, and it was also cool to see the signs of age on it too. I decided I'd go back to take pictures on the weekend. When I drove up on Saturday morning, they were painting over it, literally covering the last corner as I jumped out of my car. Sometimes you just can't beat "progress," but it's nice when you can capture some of the "before" anyway.

-Randy