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Burro Schmidt Abandoned Caretaker's House Bathroom - Last Chance Canyon, CA - 2011

First printed: 2014

For over thirty years William 'Burro' Schmidt labored on a "tunnel to nowhere." He completed the work by himself, with primitive tools, sheer will, and stubborn determination. At night he retired to a one-room cabin that he decorated with a collage of magazine clippings and food can labels. After his passing, a caretaker named Evelyn Ann 'Jonie' Segar occupied this house to preserve and protect his strange legacy. Upon her death, the cabin and house were left to the ravages of vandals and the harsh desert climate. My collaboration High & Dry with writer/historian Chris Langley covers this spellbinding story HERE.

KCET Artbound - High & Dry: William Burro Schmidt and His Tunnel to Nowhere - June 2014

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