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Category: Motels

  • And, On The Fourth of July

    I’m not really a big fireworks kind of guy. So, while I was thinking about what to post today, I came up with the idea of a collection of Americana pictures. So here we go.

  • Travelin’ On

    Summertime means traveling. It means tourist season. And, road trips. While I’m perfectly at home in some five star hotel where my every wish is their command, I really like dumps.You know. Old motor courts. Motels. No tell motels. The places where they haven’t seen a credit card in five years. The ones that are…

  • Quirky Western Pictures

    When I take road trips, I sort of shape shift as I work. Sometimes I try to make pictures that are a little iconic. Sometimes I try to channel my best Ernst Haas. Sometimes I look for quirky subjects. These images are quirky. There is a little twist to them. Maybe there is a little…

  • Get Your Kicks On Route 66

    When I lived in New Mexico, I used to make a lot of pictures on Route 66. It was an easy “go to.” After all, old Route 66 runs east, west, north and south in Albuquerque. Yes. It’s true. The pre-1937 Route 66 comes down From santa Fe in the north and can be traced…

  • Settlin’ In

    A peaceful Sunday. A little break. Three pictures. Quiet pictures. Made at different times and places. For different reasons. The three of them are: Taos Dusk, Bamboo and Morning Spider Web. Yes. I have some shot back stories to share. Taos Dusk. Everybody photographs this place. Everybody paints it. Ansel Adams made a landmark photograph…

  • Changes, Changes, Changes

    My post has almost nothing to do with the image, except that it’s a new image of a run down old motel on Central Avenue in Albuquerque which makes it one of the Route 66 motels. I happen to like the cloud formation. It is also the last of my urban views series for now.…

  • Motor Lodges

    When it enters Albuq-uerque, Route 66 is called Central Avenue. Central Avenue is, in various locations, a travel oasis, run down, very fashionable, the center of the city and sometimes — historic. One class of historic buildings are the old motor courts. Some are torn down and left as empty lots. Some are boarded up.…

  • New Mexican Boot

    There is an old motel on Central Avenue — also known as Route 66 — in the more run down and picturesque area of Albuquerque, New Mexico that has become sort of a cheap long stay residence. There is all sorts of folk art on the exterior walls. If you take a few minutes to…