from Alex Emond: On a sunny Saturday last fall in Swift Current Saskatchewan a bunch of local classics lined up downtown. Here's some eye candy for you . Alex
1950 Ford F-1
1955? F-100
1977? Ford F100. 1970? Chevrolet C10
Trucks, cars, highways, landscape, good writing. "You cannot travel on the path, before you have become the Path itself."
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
c. 1972 Volkswagen Double Cab Transporter
Photographer Scott Dorrance caught the bus in the parking lot at El-Rayo in Portland Maine. And that David Lindley album was one of the gretaest.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Water on the Desert [Smoke Creek Desert]
Michael Moore photograph. Nevada 2017.
1954 Buick Special
Clunky photography, but the car is mostly original and is being sold by a charity on Long Island--it was a one-owner car. Auction coming up on B-A-T on Monday. Details here.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Friday, January 27, 2017
"The Wall & Us" on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, today
Photos are from our trip across the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) to Boquillas, Coah., Mexico last month. I spoke about The Wall on NPR's afternoon/evening show, All Things Considered(Friday Jan. 27) Podcast here
PB, Boquillas. 1983. 1958 Plymouth Savoy.
PB, Boquillas. 1983. 1958 Plymouth Savoy.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Marfa, the neighborhood
Not much haut-minimalism here, though Chinati is just down the street.Some of the buildings in our part of town were probably salvaged from the old cavalry post.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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