Here's a landscape photograph from a 4"x5" negative that was made somewhere west of the Rio Grande Gorge bridge near Taos, New Mexico back in September of 1995. To get to the west side of the gorge, I can guarantee that Satch drove the car across that bridge.

Rock Wall and Water Abstract

While hiking in New Mexico in 1993, Satch and I came across a waterfall in a woods. We were at a higher elevation and out of the desert, probably somewhere between Truchas and Taos. The small stream was also working its way along and through some rock faces adjacent to the waterfall. This abstract was a small part of that area.

Vallonia, Indiana Cemetery

This photograph from a 4"x5" negative made in November 1994, was made while photographing small towns in Indiana. On a small rise in a farm field, the cemetery is just south of Vallonia on State Road 135.

Solsberry, Indiana

Thought I'd dig through the old 4"x5" negatives this morning.

In the early 1990s I photographed towns in Indiana that were in the process of dying. Corporate farming and centralization of business around large cities was killing these towns. It was obvious that a way of life was blowing away in the wind. When I would travel for work I would stick to the back roads. Over just a few years in the late 1980's through the early 1990's the erosion in these towns was obvious. The buildings that were constructed in a different time were really starting to show their age and, in most cases, were not being used for the original intent. For example, this building, the Yo Ho Grocery in Solsberry, Indiana was originally the local Masonic Hall. Indiana used to have a thriving rural life; unfortunately much of it is gone forever.

I actually noted the date I made this photo on the negative sleeve - August 23, 1992.

Penitente Morada, Abiquiu, New Mexico

From 1995, here is a photograph of the Penitente Morada in Abiquiu, formally known as La Morada de Nuestra Senora de Dolores del Alto de Abiquiu. Photographic research on the net shows that the morada has undergone a major face lift.

Abiquiu, New Mexico

Here's a 1995 landscape from New Mexico. Taken in the Ghost Ranch area near Abiquiu, Cerro Perdenal is seen on the horizon. This is O'Keefe country. The view of the sky just seems to go on forever.