Installation #2 of 3, downtown, note my fancy new Spanish shoes… Hamton, a ghost town in eastern Saskatchewan, is completely abandoned, as is the CNR (Canadian National Rail). The public hall was most recently used as an indoor skateboard park. This window graffiti in the front door reflects the green grass beyond—eliminating the blazing sun […]
Fine art photographers Greg Gerla, David Leech, and Andrew Miller will all be in the Image Seekers Urban Concept Gallery to present their vision of a road trip. Please join us for artist insight, treats, refreshments, and a visual feast for the eyes. ArtWalk, September 2015, open Saturday 19th, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, and […]
Distractions Opening Saturday, Exposing the edgy side—welcome to The Bone House… Warning: a context of depression, content may be disturbing.
Contractions Opening Saturday, Revealing a context of depression, foregone inhabitants just walked away, vanished, disappeared—or were maybe escorted away in a straightjacket. Wondering if there was intention to return, but not enough room for one last suitcase, not to mention the piano.
Abstractions Opening Saturday, Dereliction is an eye on things abandoned: ignored, forgotten, forlorn, fading away, dismissed by our modern predilection for everything new. Following the Ghost Town Trail along obsolete railroads: from Tiny to Biggar, Eastend to Westbend, Smuts to Maidstone. Exploring houses, stores, shops, barns, and churches left to the elements, owls, and racoons. […]
Corrosion is Beautiful — Corrosion as Art Check out Apex Corrosion’s new web site – featuring a Corrosion as Art page. Apex specializes in cathodic protection – an important safety element of oil and gas pipelines and ships. Canadian Kenworth doesn’t have any protection – Ghost Truck Phantom 309 corroding away at the infamous Ghost […]
Five Week Road Trip Through Saskatchewan Our research map listed a lot of places to go, things to do, and people to meet. We decided on a more centralized approach: get a B&B for several nights and do forays out to photograph. Hanna was our first stop, try Chevy in the Levy at dawn again […]
One Week Road Trip Into Southern Alberta Before heading out to Saskatchewan for five weeks we decided to sweep through the Alberta locations our research had targeted – get them out of the way. We were already familiar with the Drumheller area, and the Atlas #4 Coal Mine National Historic Site, where a Blood Moon […]
Two Week Reconnaissance Road Trip We wanted to test the effluent – see if there was enough abandoned dereliction left around to warrant a longer photography expedition. So the adventure began: we hopped in the Jeep and headed south, mostly Saskatchewan ghost towns, for two weeks. We absolutely found stuff: perishing, disintegrating, crackling: Whizz Bang […]
Dereliction—Colours of Abandonment Our latest photography expeditions are being compiled – just in time for Exposure Festival in February. Dereliction is an eye on things abandoned: ignored, forgotten, forlorn, fading away, dismissed by our modern predilection for everything new. Following the Ghost Town Trail along obsolete railroads: from Tiny to Biggar, Eastend to Westbend, Smuts […]
