Another one bites the dust...

I was driving around and photographing on Friday and passed another place that I have photographed that has now been stuccoed over. I'm thinking this is real now. Maybe I should photograph my neighbor's house! ;^)

Anyway, I have lots of new photographs to share from the past few weeks. Just have to scan them and think of something clever to say about them.

Want to Disappear? Let me photograph you!

Something very disturbing has been happening. It seems things in Phoenix that I have photographed have been disappearing!

A few weeks ago I was driving down 32nd St. in Phoenix on my way to the lab to pick up some color transparencies. I noticed that the taco place (below) I photographed last summer has been painted over in an ugly brown-green-black vertical striped pattern.

Last week I had to pick my daughter up from school so I went down 24th St., again to pick up some color transparencies at the lab, and noticed that the pawn shop I photographed last fall was being remodeled. The awnings had been completely removed and as of last week only the image below remained. This morning I was in the area again and the entire building has been completely stuccoed over.

I had thought that this peculiar phenomenon was limited to my color work, but this morning, after running a few errands and heading back to pick up my daughter from her art class I noticed that the Electric Lady Land Boutique (below) on Camelback is now vacant, too. I would now guess that black & white is not exempt, either.

Normally I photograph things after they have already disappeared, but now I find that I am photographing them before they disappear. I hope that I am not responsible for the economic climate in Phoenix!

So, if you ever want to disappear, just give me a call and I'll photograph you!