Composed of Parts

[AllureRaconteur]

Transported through space and time.

I'll start off with some photography.

Three years ago I went on a road trip through Kansas, Oklahoma and North Texas photographing abandon towns. For the most part, they were all vacate, though a few of them still had some straggling residents. I mapped out a route, got sidetracked several times and got the shit scared out of me more than I’d like to admit.
It was a four day adventure of discovering the nitty-gritty side of the disappearance of life in these once thriving towns. Here are just a few pics from my trip.

Thank you.

I grew up in the midwest, decades ago, and this takes me back.

This reminds me of so many places...so many times...so many feelings...and I can almost taste the dust as I try to wash it away with some vino.

I haven't thought about stuff like this for years.

I haven't felt stuff like this for years.

Riding banana seat bikes to play in abandoned buildings and houses. Cigarettes stolen from relatives packs over time now shared with stories of truth and bullshit and fear. Exploring desolation from which springs so much life. Summer days so hot that a rusty nail would sizzle skin it touched when brushed.

Kisses stolen, and given.

Fistfights so feral, so brutal, it gives me pause even as a man.

Then, driving by years later when given the freedom of internal combustion, and laughing while telling stories of truth and bullshit and fear.

How did I end up past the witching hour on a Friday night, stepping into the Wayback Machine through a window on a "smut" site?

Art.

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Thank you.

 

[sexnovella]

Nice art and pics.

Nice art and pics.

 

[SMNaughtywife]

AllureRaconteur --- thank for the kind words! It was quite the adventure.

Sexnovella -- glad you enjoyed. I need to post more. Ties a string on my finger.

 

[NC_OBX80]

Love your photography!

I hope to see more if all your work especially some sketches. Very beautiful.

 

[ratherabsurd1]

Awesome thread . I love your work

 

[GingerMermaid]

Really appreciate the soul of your writing, sharing, and your bound self portrait drawing. ^_^ The few times I've been tied have been memorable and emotional and your soft sketchy lines really convey that otherness.

 

[SMNaughtywife]

Awesome thread . I love your work

Thanks!

Really appreciate the soul of your writing, sharing, and your bound self portrait drawing. ^_^ The few times I've been tied have been memorable and emotional and your soft sketchy lines really convey that otherness.

I prefer more of a loose drawing style. Thanks for stopping by.

 

[njdude7003]

Steven shore esque

Loved the photos of lost places

fits in here bc it's about beauty lines, light, lost places
love to see more photos


and of course charcoal roughs of you dressing

 

[blksoldier]

nice

Excellent photos and art, you have a keen eye

 

[PoisonInk]

Nice!

Enjoyed the photos

 

[where_is_RUTH]

in praise of Analog

what a cracking little thread. a golden find.

I was always a fan of etching. The clunk of the rollers in the press and then the reveal.

I read there is a resurgence of print film as well. so many hours of fun in a darkroom.

 

[ag2507]

Nice pics and drawings

Do you have a photo essay posted anywhere? I did a set of downtown Norwalk in CT recently, another dying space. I've been collecting 'trees'and 'shop fronts''. Thought my other talents turn to words and music - though we use art for our small press book covers.
We run a Çreative Arts'' community on one of the major swinger sites.
Love to see more of your images.
A

 

[KrazieKat69]

Great photos!! Love what you’ve done!!!

 

[RocketLauncher]

Nice.

 

[SMNaughtywife]

Collaged smut.

Because sometimes I’m soooooo tired of looking at Tumblr porn. And I need a break from working on other design works.

Midnight Showing

 

[tnman03]

This is great, I really like it. Collages offer so much creative potential and B&W is always a good choice.

 

[ouchfeelsgood]

I'll start off with some photography.

Three years ago I went on a road trip through Kansas, Oklahoma and North Texas photographing abandon towns. For the most part, they were all vacate, though a few of them still had some straggling residents. I mapped out a route, got sidetracked several times and got the shit scared out of me more than I’d like to admit.
It was a four day adventure of discovering the nitty-gritty side of the disappearance of life in these once thriving towns. Here are just a few pics from my trip.

I love how the black & white enhances the atmosphere of desolation and abandonment. Color photos could never achieve that effect. In any case, interesting subject matter, captured perfectly by your camera!

 

[_AudioPhile]

I'll start off with some photography.

Three years ago I went on a road trip through Kansas, Oklahoma and North Texas photographing abandon towns. For the most part, they were all vacate, though a few of them still had some straggling residents. I mapped out a route, got sidetracked several times and got the shit scared out of me more than I’d like to admit.
It was a four day adventure of discovering the nitty-gritty side of the disappearance of life in these once thriving towns. Here are just a few pics from my trip.

These are amazing shots. Great compositions. Always been a fan of B&W.

 

[standard1]

wonderful to finally see your work after all this time. so much to take in. so much to enjoy and consider. i hope you’ll share more. all sorts of it please!

 

[Ezeerider]

A bromide for the 21st century?

Hello-
I just wanted to take a moment to say that I've truly enjoyed your b&w work, since I've always believed that b&w is timeless in itself, and it imparts a timeless quality on modern work as well.
Having grown up in the era of Stieglitz, Adams, Arbus, et al, and had my own darkroom as a kid, I have a huge appreciation of that genre.
I now wonder if you can even buy silver bromide film anymore?
I then wonder why most people would, unless they're truly fanatical about that process, and the ability to create in it, since the various apps now make it possible to do in seconds or minutes what it used to take us many hours - and re-dos to accomplish. Kind of a two-edged sword, no?
Anyhow, thanks again, and I'll keep an eye out for more of your work. Unless you'd care to drop me the occasional alert to new postings.
Cheers!

Ezee

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. ~ Epictetus

 

[bone251]

These Boots

Smudgy, messy and well.. I don't know.
Maybe raw.
A quick six minute sketch tonight.

 

[Nubbin2Declare]

I love what you've posted.

I'm not skilled with a camera or editing software, but I really enjoy taking a photograph, especially a portrait and turning it into something that looks like an ink or pencil drawing. Unfortunately for me, it has turned out to be a multi-step process requiring the use of first my iPad and then my laptop for any particular project.

Have you experimented with photo-to-drawing portraits, and can you recommend a simple app or program?

 

[vidiman]

I'll start off with some photography.

Three years ago I went on a road trip through Kansas, Oklahoma and North Texas photographing abandon towns. For the most part, they were all vacate, though a few of them still had some straggling residents. I mapped out a route, got sidetracked several times and got the shit scared out of me more than I’d like to admit.
It was a four day adventure of discovering the nitty-gritty side of the disappearance of life in these once thriving towns. Here are just a few pics from my trip.

Fab imagery and a great story alongside it.