It seems the more I visit Jay Em, the more I find. A magical place.
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Jay Em No. 5
It’s been nearly a year since I published a new image from one of my favorite lost towns of the West, Jay Em. I try to make it back at least once or twice each year, because I always find new images waiting for me in the recesses of its silent buildings. I’m going back again in July of this year, but in late May I made my first visit of 2013, and made a new set of images to tide me over for a few months. This is my favorite.
Lost Springs, Wyoming
Jay Em Wall No. 3, Wyoming
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Diner and Trailer, Harrison
I often look for irony in my surroundings, but seldom am I given this kind of palette. On a cold, windy day in Harrison, Nebraska (there are many cold, windy days there), I tried to show the interaction between rural decline, wind, landscape and culture in an image fraught with contradictions.