I love to hear that Peter! Very happy to make the introduction. If you go back and look at Investigations In Infrastructure or Everything Is Narrative you’ll find a couple more of his images too.
There is a wet and gritty quality to the subjects in these photos, yet I know some of those places well, not knowing the ACTUAL settings, but places similar in and around the small crumbling towns of the midwest. I can enter these photos in my mind and find the overused and decaying qualities of the locations to be familiar viscerally...I can almost feel the greasy wetness, the rust, the smell of decaying roadkill and black mold intermingled with broken concrete and dampsoil...Then, I see the image, #22 of the white trailer and my mind finds some respite, a releif from the lonely decay. The trailer is in wooded surroundings, quiet, welcoming, and containng human activity. Great series.
Very well described Gary! I find it interesting that you zeroed in on the one of the trailer on the woods, that interpretation hadn’t occurred to me. Really happy to hear you enjoyed the series!
It was indeed just after a major fire started by transients. Took out half a block of apartments. They had been deliberately setting fires in other abandoned buildings in town, including the abandoned building that was next to the homeless outreach center where I work. Dystopian indeed.
This is a great series! Each one tells a story of quiet desolation.
That’s a great way to describe it Alicia!
I just fell in love. I’ve not heard of Bill’s work and it’s mesmerizing. Thank you.
I love to hear that Peter! Very happy to make the introduction. If you go back and look at Investigations In Infrastructure or Everything Is Narrative you’ll find a couple more of his images too.
Thanks Noah! I have both books, I’ll definitely revisit. Very appreciated.
What a fantastic series of images. Stunning.
I thought so too Cameron! Check out the magazine if you haven’t already, they look great in print.
It took me away!
I love to hear that Jeferson!
There is a wet and gritty quality to the subjects in these photos, yet I know some of those places well, not knowing the ACTUAL settings, but places similar in and around the small crumbling towns of the midwest. I can enter these photos in my mind and find the overused and decaying qualities of the locations to be familiar viscerally...I can almost feel the greasy wetness, the rust, the smell of decaying roadkill and black mold intermingled with broken concrete and dampsoil...Then, I see the image, #22 of the white trailer and my mind finds some respite, a releif from the lonely decay. The trailer is in wooded surroundings, quiet, welcoming, and containng human activity. Great series.
Very well described Gary! I find it interesting that you zeroed in on the one of the trailer on the woods, that interpretation hadn’t occurred to me. Really happy to hear you enjoyed the series!
Very nice.
Thank you Paul, much appreciated.
Lovely.
Thank you Travis, glad you enjoyed this one.
Thank you :)
My pleasure to have you as always Bill!
Powerful, spooky images. A bit nightmarish...
The one with the convertible Mustang and draping wires especially resonates.
Well put Aaron. There is something particularly dystopian looking about that one with the downed wires and convertible Mustang.
It was indeed just after a major fire started by transients. Took out half a block of apartments. They had been deliberately setting fires in other abandoned buildings in town, including the abandoned building that was next to the homeless outreach center where I work. Dystopian indeed.
Agree. Very well done night shots. The Mustang and draping wires also stands out for me.
I thought so too Greg. The building in that one appears to be still smoldering after a fire.
Excellent series! Very beautiful!
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