This is an image I shot yesterday afternoon while taking along drive alone outside of Sand Springs out West of Tulsa. This is something I do quite often, take long drives, searching for abandon houses, churches, whatever, sometimes just driving to find peace, calm down, get out of town for a while. I usually stay within about 50 miles of Tulsa, but really most of the time I take a long drive I get lost and really dont know where I am. Its a good way to clear my mind, just feling the breeze through the window, trying not to go anywhere specific really, just thinking about being on the road as opposed to trying to arrive at a destination. Its a notion I try to carry with me, to try to enjoy just being on the road and not always looking for the destination.
I think this image really appealed to me for a number of reasons. Mostly the light coming through the doorway was nicely diffused, so it spread out into the house in a uniform way as opposed to being to strong and creating harsh contrast. This house really felt like it had been left alone for a while. Thats one of my favorite things about being in these old houses, trying to get a feel for how long they have been abandoned. Picking up on sometimes very subtle clues about other people who had come and gone in these houses since they were lived in. Its interesting how you so often find the same objects in these houses. I quite often find the usual emptry beer bottles, left behind clothes and shoes, couches etc, but you so often find large collections of stuffed animals, Polaroid photographs, and a couple other objects I find alot. Anyway, I felt this was a good image to start this blog with writting about, as it is very indicative of the style of work I have been doing when i can lately. I am very much a wandering photographer; I have probably 10-20 running series at any time, but I find its good to explore in the process of image making in order to keep yourself fresh.
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