atomicthumbs

remote sensing practicioner

gregarious canid. avatar by ISANANIKA.


Website League address
@wolf@forest.stream
send me an email
atomicthumbs@wolf.observer
twitter but hopefully i only post photos there in the future
twitter.com/atomicthumbs
newsletter!! this one will let me tell you where i go
buttondown.com/atomicthumbs
newsletter rss same thing
buttondown.com/atomicthumbs/rss
Website League (centralized federation social media project)
websiteleague.org/
Push Processing (Website League photography instance)
pushprocess.ing/
88x31 button embed code
<a href="https://wolf.observer/88x31"><img src="https://wolf.observer/images/wolf-88x31.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a>
forest.stream (general admission website league instance)
forest.stream/
bluesky (probably just for photos)
bsky.app/profile/wolf.observer
this will be a cohost museum someday
cohost.rip/

victoria-scott
@victoria-scott

october 6, 2021

abandoned cars honestly aren't all that interesting most of the time. It's pretty self-explanatory - beat-up collection of the same make/model? Someone stashed some junk cars to store parts for a good one they've got left elsewhere. Random roadside 50s Chevy? Americans love abandoned Americana. Old truck next to a decrepit barn? Rancher just never got around to fixing that head gasket, and eventually the vehicle became the property of Nature. I stage my shots of abandoned cars so they better represent what my vision is, but I'm still aware that it's not truly a portrayal of the entropy and decay I seek.

but about five miles off US-93 in the middle of a massive plain there's this pair - not visible from the main road - of a 50s-era coupe and I think an early-00s sedan of indeterminate model. I have no idea why they're parked here on public land, and I was genuinely shocked to find them. It felt uncurated, like a real peek into what the apocalypse would actually look like after the buildings fell and the weeds retook the parking lots.


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