Where Letters Once Came: Traces of Life on a Louisiana Back Road

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 road instead, planning to drive only a little way.

Turns out, the little ways portion was true because just around the curve on the right, I spotted this story that needed telling…

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All pictures were taken with a Nikon Z50 and an FTZ-adapted AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G lens. The RAW files were developed with NX Studio.

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