Afterword
I began this little mini-project in a way without realizing it. There was something about these places that drew me in. Something in their loneliness that resonated. By the time I realized the common theme in what I was shooting and decided to make it a formal project, I, appropriate to the name, ended up abandoning the idea. In truth I didn’t so much abandon it as it shifted into something else. I always felt a bit bad about it until taking this class from one of my favorite photographers, Alec Soth. In it he discusses how when you shoot from an emotional place, you run the risk of your life situation changing, or your feelings changing, and the well from which you draw your inspiration seems suddenly dry. Still, they’ve been tugging at me.