Maybe you should have titled it "Broken Dreams". One time somebody came along and threw their whole being into building a town in the middle of nowhere. Things didn't work out and you captured what is left, the sadness of a dying town. Good job of capturing the feeling.
Maybe you should have titled it "Broken Dreams". One time somebody came along and threw their whole being into building a town in the middle of nowhere. Things didn't work out and you captured what is left, the sadness of a dying town. Good job of capturing the feeling.
There are thousands of towns just like this, scattered all over America. Back in the day, this whistle-stop served as a primary stopping off point/resupply place for residents of the town in which I live and a (now) ghost town/mining town in a canyon to the north. That all changed with the creation of I-70 --there was little reason for anyone to stop in Thompson any more-- and in the mid 1990's, the Denver & Rio Grande line curtailed stops there. Thirty or so miles west, present day I-70 cuts through Spotted Wolf Canyon. Men stood on the moon before that stretch of road was completed.
Great compositions and processing, Cany. Have photographed these same buildings on occasions when going out to Sego Canyon. Have to admit, yours are better photos!!
Who asked...post some of yours we would love to critique them.
No worries, Jim. I sorta figured one out of six to be pretty complementary. If nothing else, its a MUCH higher success rate than I typically get while shooting.
There are thousands of towns just like this, scattered all over America. Back in the day, this whistle-stop served as a primary stopping off point/resupply place for residents of the town in which I live and a (now) ghost town/mining town in a canyon to the north. That all changed with the creation of I-70 --there was little reason for anyone to stop in Thompson any more-- and in the mid 1990's, the Denver & Rio Grande line curtailed stops there. Thirty or so miles west, present day I-70 cuts through Spotted Wolf Canyon. Men stood on the moon before that stretch of road was completed.
There are thousands of towns just like this, scatt... (show quote)
President Eisenhower's interstate highway system was one of the great wonders of the world, tying together a country that spans a continent. Unfortunately, a lot of small towns disappeared as a consequence. In the cities, later, we built freeways that cut through the center of town, isolating communities, causing them to die as well. Unintended consequences. We're still dealing with the consequences of cutting off formerly thriving urban communities, here in Sacramento back in the 1950s, by pushing a freeway right of way through the middle of town.