E. 6th Street, Medford, Oregon

landscapes etc.


E. 6th Street, Medford, Oregon

15 Jun 2017 1 2 871
“Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question...” ― T.S. Eliot East 6th Street in downtown Medford, Oregon, on a warm June night.

Truck on the Highway

18 Jun 2017 4 6 1192
“The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them by man, beast or fate.” ― Hunter S. Thompson 18-wheeler truck parked by the side of the highway which runs between Talent and Ashland, in southern Oregon. Taken with an infrared-converted Lumix GX1.

Free Toilet

26 Jun 2017 5 9 1454
“I wanted nothing for free. Nothing came for free at our place anyway.” ― Markus Zusak Free toilet, being given away, out in front of a suburban house in a small town in southern Oregon. Taken with the Lumix GX8 and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens.

Abandoned Couch

09 Jul 2017 8 9 1506
Es una casa tan grande la ausencia que pasarás en ella a través de los muros y colgarás los cuadros en el aire. (Pablo Neruda) Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air. Abandoned couch in the town of Talent, Oregon.

Discarded Couch + Poster

09 Jul 2017 4 6 989
“Just because people throw it out and don't have any use for it, doesn't mean it's garbage.” ― Andy Warhol Discarded couch and an old theater poster advertising Hamlet, in a rural property in Southern Oregon.

Cattle Xing

27 Jul 2017 2 662
“To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw; But I’m a timid town bred child, And all the cattle seem to know.” ― T.S. Eliot Cattle crossing in rural southern Oregon.

Rusted rural machinery

27 Jul 2017 1 812
“A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Rusted machines in the front yard of a rural home, outside of Gold Hill, Oregon.

Zipper Man / Hombre Cierre / Homme fermeture éclai…

19 Jul 2017 1 1 502
Zipper Man - public art in Emeryville, California.

Park trash / Basura bosque / Poubelle nature

06 Aug 2017 6 6 1076
“Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.” ― Ray Bradbury Trash can in the park adjacent to the bike path in Talent, Oregon.

Abandoned shoes on the Bike Path

07 Aug 2017 7 10 1224
“I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what?” ― Charles Bukowski A pair of abandoned shoes / boots on the bike path, near Ashland, Oregon. I couldn't help wondering: does whoever left them here need shoes?

Alien flora

13 Aug 2017 12 4 1182
“It illuminated a vision Dante could not have imagined in his wildest nightmares, nor Poe in the grasp of an uncontrollable delirium.” ― Alan Dean Foster Alien-looking seedpods in an Oregon garden, seen through a spherical lensball.

Boiling Springs Lake

11 Aug 2017 9 4 1309
"I am haunted by waters.” ― Norman Maclean Boiling Springs Lake, at Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Unlawful

11 Aug 2017 5 1 590
“To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin Fallen sign near Boiling Springs Lake, at Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Trailer (Phoenix, Oregon)

02 Dec 2017 4 1 613
“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.” ― Charles Portis Trailer just outside of Phoenix, Oregon.

"INFO"

02 Dec 2017 5 3 747
“Retrograde time is forward time which has passed the turning point...(it) is information rich.” ― Philip K. Dick Mailbox somewhere in a rural part of southern Oregon.

Yamhill County Tree

05 Jan 2018 4 4 597
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ― John Muir In Yamhill County, Oregon, on a winter afternoon.