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Would you care to play a game of checkers, or perhaps tiddlywinks is more your style? I think I need to go on the road with you, you find some amazing things.
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Thanks. I'd love to traipse around with you, Susan, and the incomparable Mr. De Santa Anna. Anytime.

 

I shall have to give Juan most of the credit, since I would never have been in this locale had it not been for him.

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Quite a contrast between the building, the abandonned railway line, and those silvers giant pastillas Boxes that seems brand new...and then the poster of what seems to be a religious message...yes quite unusual juxtapositions...
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Montana is in the midst of an anti meth campaign, and you will see posters that usually have a somewhat homemade look to them all over. Actually, there are two in this photo, but the other one just barely shows further back. The tanks are brand new, and are just being stored there by the building which is a rancher's feed and seed type of place.
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Great find David, right up your alley of the "unusual and often bizarre rural/urban landscape" images that you're so well known for, I can see why Shawn likes it so well, you two should "hook up" and tour around together. I think Juan treated you to a wonderful tour of his neck of the woods, you've got some great images to show for it. We've got quite a few of the Meth signs here in Winnett, a wealthy Montana resident decided to launch an anti-meth crusade by offering large monetary rewards to high school kids who would create and hang up signs with the messages that meth could have a big negative impact on their lives, it was a contest held all over the state and the kids got very creative, I think the first place prize was $10,000. Back to this image, I love the graphic lineup of the tanks, this would work really well in B&W too.
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Well, I guess you are moving, so I shall never get the opportunity to visit you in your neck of the woods. I'm sorry I didn't get that chance.

 

I recall reading something about that anti meth campaign. Didn't that same guy put together a lot of tv adds that were really gross and hard hitting? Did anyone ever decide that the campaign was successful?

 

Thanks for the comments. I've got lots more coming as I get the time.

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A very unusual find, David. I think I'd never seen such things before. They look like big discarded film rolls from a giant Hollywood movie production. And of course the presence of the posters (what are the Meths, David?) in what seems to be a forlorn and desolate place, the coldness of the snowy country ,the railway that seems to go nowhere too, all those elements create a very strange and intriguing climate.
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Ah the innocence of the non drug crazed world! Meth is short for methamphetamine a drug that is produced in many locations around the states, and taken by many. Also known as "speed." With the logic that drives lemmings over the cliff to their destruction, there are many (mostly young) folks who are quite addicted to it, and it generally screws them up pretty thoroughly. With utter amazement, normal people look upon them and wonder why they thought they would b able to take it and not become pathetic losers, when all they had to do was look around and see the damage done to others. Hopefully your country does not have so many idiots.
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Incongruity rears its fuzzy, green head. This one is really great, David. Of course the scene is a natural, but your capture of it is what makes the picture. Excellent in every regard - great composition, wonderful color, interesting angles and a circus of forms.
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I relish the fact that we do such diverse photography, but are able to enjoy each other's work. Not that you are likely to be in this territory, but if you were taking this photo, you'd probably be inside one of the watering tanks taking a photo of the bar code tag or a something similar. And the amazing part is that you could make it truly interesting!
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Dear Mr Meyer. I decided to submit the attached picture to your kind attention together with my wish to hear your explanation on why do people repeatedly take photographs of old, delapidated buildings with such a determination and in such a great numbers? Best regards. Ilia.

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Other than the pink script in your photo, I like it very much. It is my opinion that I and the others who take pictures of old and dilapidated buildings, have a somewhat romantic attachment to things old and a sense of history needing these things recorded. I cannot look at any edifice without considerable wonderment about who has lived in it, what has happened in and around it, and a million other questions. I guess we are no different than those who like to take pictures of birds, or dogs, or whatever. It is something in our personality that attracts us to old remnants of human civilization. I don't know that I answered that very well for you, but it's the best I can do. Cheers
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Nice answer to the query by Ilia Farniev. Straightforward and without any bias or attitude. I like that. I visited the gentleman's portfolio and he has some interesting work. After viewing a number of his pictures I realized that some photographers such as Mr. Farniev don't so much try to take a picture of the thing but to capture its spirit. Been there myself as, I'm sure, have you.
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About old places, the best photographers are doing photos of derelict and dilapidated premises and are winning the most prestigious contests with this subject matter at the moment. I see a lot of recording of the memory of the ordinary or industrial architecture of the sixties in the magazines in France. There's a very strong trend here in Europe for this and the photography of places a little in the style of Thorir. Very different from Pnet mainstream.

 

About drugs, unfortunately drug-taking is a plague among the young here too . Meths may not be as widespread as in the states now, but there has been a lot of concern about other kinds of drugs for many years here too. I think that's the case in most industrialised countries.

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Ah Jack, I know you could have given a better answer with that eloquence you possess, but you don't do much of that old structure stuff, so I guess it would be asking to much for you to assume the duties. I think you are very correct in your assessment of Ilia's work. A very interesting style.

 

Laurent, sorry to hear you have the same drug madness that seems to have such a pervasive influence in the U.S. culture. Let me also apologize here for my provincial knowledge of Masonic in your part of the world. Cheers

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David, I don't know much about those things either! It sounds very mysterious. I was referring to little school knowledge and rumor!

 

I wanted to say yesterday about photographying old places that you have a very unique approach to your subjects. The story under the story, the humor and the mystery you like to show us are very enjoyable and original elements. It is always great pleasure discovering your new pictures.

 

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this is brilliant. LOL This is something hard to describe in words...the picture of the meth with the huge, shiny, tanks. As usually, your caption

enhances that. Cheers, Micheal

 

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Thanks. I'm surprised you didn't come up with some whacked out theory about the tanks being used for mixing the meth, and the tracks for the train to haul it away, etc. etc.
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Hi, David and fellow photographers. Hope your will pardone my ignorance and explain what METH and LOL means. At the firs look I didn't pay much of attention to the black part of the image considering it a coinsidential part, a graphity or a poster of religios matter. But now, as I understand the comments, it comes to me that I might be missing the point. Please, esplain it to me.

 

By the way. Thank you, Jack, for your interest in my portfolio.

 

Best regards. Ilia.

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As explained above, "meth" is methamphetamine, a drug which is very popular in the states, and quite addictive.
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well..., now that you mention it...:-) Actually you came up with a good line, too. How about something along the lines "Get your own, personal, meth. Comes in a beautifully finished metal jewel box. No expiry date. Pay with PayPal, or major credit cards. Batteries not included. Caution: a fork lift truck recommended." Cheers, Micheal

 

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See, I knew you'd come through. This is just your sort of image. Something you can make up wild stories about.
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Come thorough means going nowhere, right? But who can take a picture of a chinese noodle advertisment for me? Or a beer?
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