Americana: Fear an Loathing in the American West: Daley Ranch

Americana: Fear and Loathing in the American West: Untitled 

Americana Fear and Loathing in the American West: Barred Doors

Americana Fear and Loathing in the American West: Workers

Another visit to Americana, another abandoned spot, another lost moment in time.  I have always enjoyed photographing these scenes and felt I should send more to my audience.  So for today I give the fear and loathing again.  The titles are in Hommage to the great Hunter S. Thompson who so many years ago inspired me to create this series.

I know it dose not seem to make a horrible lot of sense to every one out there as to why I use this.  To me there is an energy in these photos much like the writing of Dr. Thompson and the overall feeling of a lost american dream the proliferates through his writings.

Ladder Canyon

Ladder Canyon in the southern California desert.  This place was amazing, the beauty of the desert can be so inspiring and led to the creation of these images.  These are just a few but more to follow.

This hike seriously reminded me of being a kid four wheel driving in the desert.  For years I have tried to explain the beauty of the desert to those that feel its just an awful brown place with no life.  But the ground itself exudes these amazing colors.

I am not saying that this is exactly the way things look but this is the closest I have come to my vision when it comes to photography.