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Spending The Night

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

High Plains Drifter

Front of a rusty old Pontiac. I love the way the rusty red patina meets the faded teal and greens.

No More Chances

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

The remains of an old wagon in the weeds of a field in rural Alberta, Canada.

Sharing Your Limited Views

Found in an abandoned homestead near Highway 22X in Southern Alberta. A location I later used to create photos of ex NHL player Theo Fleury's country music album called "I Am Who I Am"

Old neglected Fire Engine found in Goldfield Nevada.

Wrong Choices Lose

Rusty bullet riddled relic found in Taylor Siding, Alberta, Canada.

Whispers Of Your God

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

What You Want But Not What You Need

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Start Without Me

The "Two Ton Flower Pot" found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway.

Remains of an old farm truck in the weeds.

Another visit to my friend at Dead Horse Lake. This car is no longer there

Monday Morning Time

Found in the ghost town of Bulwark, Alberta, Canada

Cogs and cotter pins of an old farm implement.

Never Where You Left It

When I first found and starting shooting this truck I was wondering why it felt so weird to look at, Then I realized the back of the truck had been cut off. I love that I can see through the driver's window at the view of the Nevada Sierras

Found in rural Alberta up near Edmonton.

Whiskey and Bibles

Got lucky while out driving, found this yard and was able to get permission from the gentleman who was out mowing his grass around his amazing collection.

Retired old fire engine in a field near Clinton BC, Canada.

Rusty ruins of an old farm truck in rural Alberta.

An old vintage farm tractor found in the ghost town of Bulwark, Alberta, Canada

See What We Can See

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

A Kind of Understanding

Textures and time radiate from the surfaces of this old vintage car.

Melt Your Silver Down

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Go Back And Fold

I liked the interior of this old Chevy but had the sun shining bright through the windshield, So I set up an off camera flash and fill lit the inside.

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Who's Fallen Down

Got permission to shoot these old relics in a private yard found in the rural area outside or Port Lavaca Texas.

Controller of Time

Ford pickup found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

A random roadside find on my way back through California.

Daddy Works A Long Day

Red, Rust and Sun on some old machine parts.

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

An old Ford work tractor retired for another season, maybe longer.

Avoid Eye Contact

A beat-up old convertible at sunrise in rural Saskatchewan.

The Perfect September

The sunrise shines on a vintage Dodge work truck in rural Saskatchewan Canada.

Reaching For The Now

The remains of a destroyed vintage Fargo in a rural Alberta field.

An ancient half buried wheelbarrow in the ghost town of Bodie, California

You Only Die Once

Abandoned Dodge Deluxe found in rural Alberta, Canada

Bones in Copper

Found along side the road near the off-season orchards and fruit stands of Keremeos BC, Canada

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

An old red farm tractor with a vintage grain elevator in the distance near Neidpath Saskatchewan

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Another old sedan from the fields of Kyle Saskatchewan.

An old Fargo as the sun comes up in the rural prairies of Saskatchewan.

Haven't Been Seen

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Open prairies and a rusty banged up GMC.

A popular and frequently photographed old work truck along Highway 3 between Calgary and Lethbridge Alberta.

The famous classic rusty sedan in Bodie California

A vintage RV I found rotting under a tree in remote Washington state.

Henry Drove Slowly

An old Fargo pickup in rural Saskatchewan.

Found in the spectacularly strange and unique "art installation" called The International Car Forest of the Last Church near Goldfield Nevada.

Consent to Treatment

Another of this old GMC found in the rural southern Alberta fields

Deep In Thought

Snow covered farm tractor found in the orchards of Keremeos BC, Canada

Found these old bugs while out exploring rural Texas, near Port Lavaca.

Lost Lunch Money

When I first found and starting shooting this truck I was wondering why it felt so weird to look at, Then I realized the back of the truck had been cut off. I love that I can see through the driver's window at the view of the Nevada Sierras

If Only We Knew Ahead Of Time

Vintage Allis Chalmers tractor in a rural prairie field.

Like You Never Left

Vintage work truck found in Yucca Arizona.

And What If I Told You

Another of the old Studaker Champion found in Kyle Saskatchewan at sunrise.

Found in the ghost town of Bulwark, Alberta, Canada

Moody old vintage farm truck in southern Alberta, Canada.

No Longer Innocent

An old Dodge sedan rusting away in an abandoned rural homestead in southern Alberta, Canada.

Sloppy Landings

A plane engine and propeller found in a field in the Alberta prairies.

Lonely Hearts Club President

Fence lines, storm clouds and a rusty red tractor.

gears and cogs of old machinery found in the ghost town of Bulwark, Alberta, Canada

All These Questions

A rusty old sedan found out behind the jail in the ghost town of Gleeson, Arizona.

Time Without Consequence

Sunrise in an abandoned yard near the town of Kyle Saskatchewan

Detail of the front of an old Dodge truck.

The hood ornament of a vintage Packard in front of a motel in Seligman Arizona.

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

We All Know The Way Up

Vintage green and rusty work truck found in Yucca Arizona.

At The End Of My Street

Found in the higher desert area near Armstrong BC, Canada

A very vintage beauty found in Neidpath Saskatchewan.

Found in the spectacularly strange and unique "art installation" called The International Car Forest of the Last Church near Goldfield Nevada.

Vintage retired tractor along the fence line of a field in rural southern Alberta Canada.

An old rusty tractor found just outside of Magnolia Beach Texas.

Patina perfection on this old Chevy sedan, chilling in a rural Alberta field.

Another Woman's Man

Bullet holes, rust and bright pink flowers.

Been Gone So Long

An old rusty tractor found just outside of Magnolia Beach Texas.

Convincing Argument

Rusty vintage farm tractor on a golden rise in rural Alberta Canada.

The aptly named "Two Ton Flower Pot" in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Georgia Grass Fire

An old Pontiac found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Outrunning Tomorrow

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Gleeson Care Home

A rusty old sedan found out behind the jail in the ghost town of Gleeson, Arizona.

Sorrowful Dreams

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Got permission to shoot some old relics in a private yard found in the rural area outside or Port Lavaca Texas. This Chrysler Imperial made the faves list.

Visiting An Old friend

Half of an old car in a field. I've visited this one a few times. On the shore of Dead Horse Lake in rural Alberta.

Rusty machine parts found in a hidden abandoned logging camp in rural BC, Canada.

Two old trucks rust in peace in rural Manitoba during another cold Canadian winter.

An antique classic sits on the side of Route 66 in Arizona.

Found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth.

Bite Your Tongue

No paint left on this vintage rusty farm truck.

Spinsters Writing Notes

An old Austin, sitting in the weeds near the abandoned church in Neidpath Saskatchewan

Old farm tractor in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada.

An old Champion found in Old Car City, USA. Located in White, Georgia on the 411 Highway. A massive junkyard in state of arranged decay where the cars are slowly being taken back into the earth. Also known as my Disneyland.

Dinosaur Hunter

Near the famous Dinosaur Provincial Park was this old GMC with a trapped dinosaur in the back.

Something Crushed

Found in the historic California State Park, Railtown 1897 Rail Yard.

Patina and rust on this old Studebaker at sunrise in Kyle Saskatchewan

Lets Not Pretend

Moody shot of this old work truck in rural Alberta, Canada.

An old vintage work truck in the ghost town of Bodie California.

Hidden Havenots

One of many very old vintage trucks and machinery that were hanging off the edge of this eroding field as the water of the reservoir slow ate it away.

Spirit Down The Road

Rusty beat up old GMC pickup found near the growing wind turbine fields of Southern Alberta.

What Can't You See

Abandoned bus found near the church that was used in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. Which isn't actually in El Paso but in rural California.

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