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Category:Architecture and Structures

Subcategory:Home and Surroundings

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Desert Kitchen - Cinco, CA - 2010

First printed: 2011

An abandoned alfalfa farm in the Mojave Desert. Standing in the shell of an abandoned dwelling fills me with both curiosity and sorrow, for indeed, my primary subject is necessarily absent: the former inhabitants long gone and forgotten. What hardy souls inhabited these structures, and what events caused them to abandon their homes? I find the views above kitchen sinks are particularly poignant. For countless hours, lost souls stood in these exact spots and gazed upon the same timeless vistas. When they finally walked away for the last time, did they bother to lock the door?

Boom: a Journal of California - Framing the Desert - Summer 2015
www.boomcalifornia.com/2015/08/framing-the-desert/

KCET Artbound: High & Dry - Through a Window Darkly - Aug 27, 2014

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