Nise series, Doug. You'd think you were the night guard killing time by taking photos. That place is empty and read to be closed for good. Sad.
--M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/7/31 Doug Brewer <[email protected]>: > The community leaders in my town, like too many others, will not rest until > it reaches the state of anonymity that visitors can't tell it from any other > place, so development of a new shopping mall "out by the Interstate" is > on-going, complete with generic restaurant chains and national/regional > department stores, now two steps removed from the old, historic downtown > area, which is in serious decline. > > In between the two is the old mall, once thriving and full of local shops to > go along with the chains. It is now a ghost town, as most of the big stores > have abandoned it, taking their traffic with them and killing the local > businesses. > > It's been an interest to me for a while, wondering what will happen to the > space, so yesterday afternoon I drove over there, armed with my K-7 and > FA35/2, to see how it's doing. As part of a new project, called, "What We > Have Left," I want to document effects of this movement. > > Not a terribly original idea, I know, but it may be of local interest at > some point, and it's certainly in interesting photographic possibility. > > so, http://www.alphoto.com/images/whatwehaveleft/ > > These are the first of what I hope to be many images on the subject. > > enjoy. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
