Sometimes the long way around pays the biggest reward. I had been out driving backroads for a while when I decided to make somewhat of a U-turn on the next road and head back towards home. But halfway through the left turn, I straightened my wheels and took to climbing the hill on the dirt […]
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On the same day and not far down the road from A Church With No Congregation, I noticed this abandoned structure. I’m not sure if it was an old house or some kind of general store or other ‘quick-stop’ type of place. As a matter of fact, I photographed this building first, and the morning
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While riding back roads on Easter Sunday morning, I passed a country church with an empty parking lot. It struck me as odd that there were no services on Easter. The church had that old look I’m always drawn to. Worn, but not neglected. Just coming into its years is all. I proceeded down to
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The weekend of January 24th and 25th, 2026, North Louisiana, along with large portions of surrounding areas and states, was hit with a massive ice storm. The amount of ice that fell is typically unprecedented for this area. I’m guesstimating around 6 inches (or more) of accumulation over Saturday and Sunday. As you can imagine,
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Waiting is a shared experience. If you think about it, we have all had to wait for something at some point. Waiting is part of life, then it seems. Over the last couple of years, I’ve created documentary-style images of scenes that reminded me of growing up in Ruston, Louisiana. A significant portion of this
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The general theme for this documentary project is to photograph areas and subjects of interest along US state-named streets that correlate to the state. This could be directly or indirectly. Be sure and read the opening article in this series, The States of Ruston – Carolina Ave, to learn more. I know what comes to
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I recall buying high-protein dog food for my male Rottweiler from O’Neal’s feed store as a young adult in the mid-90s. As best as I can remember, those goods were sold one building over to the west (same lot, on the left) from the structure I am sharing pictures of in this article. At one
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Recently I went back to Keachi, Louisiana, for a second visit. This time, I brought one of my cameras with me to document some of the interesting, historical buildings and structures. Although I spent more time there this time around than in my previous pass-through visit, there is still a lot to see, learn about,
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In my opinion, a sky with no clouds is boring. While I do like a bright, blue sky at times, give me one with puffy white clouds any day. It’s no secret that I like black and white photography. It’s my favorite way of capturing details and moments in time. One evening, I was looking
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At the corner of highways LA 146 and LA 148 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, sits what remains of the Vernon Community Store. Nature is very much reclaiming the structure, and it has seen better days. I found very little information online about this general store and its history. In fact, this post from the Abandoned
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