Lost America

1890 LOCOMOTIVE 2002
In the storage yard behind the Nevada Train Museum in Boulder City. Night, full moon, mercury and sodium vapor lights. 2 minute exposure, 100VS film. Available light only.

LANDAU BAR 2006
Mid 60s Cadillac hearse at an unnamed high-desert junkyard near Lake Los Angeles, CA. Night, 2 minute exposure, full moon, red and blue-gelled strobe-flash Canon 20D. It has come to my attention from several reliable sources that the owner of this junkyard rents his collection of highly unusual and rare cars to the movie industry. I've been told he will "shoot trespassers (like me) on sight." Be careful out there kids. See more images from the Unknown Junkyard.

VELVET GREEN 2006
Abandoned bus for the "Velvet Knights Drum Corps", lost someplace in California's High Desert. Night, full moon, 2 minutes, red and green gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from this part of the desert.

FLOODED TRAILER 1992
Salton Sea Beach, CA. Flooded and abandoned in the late 1970s. Over 100F, the smell was overwhelming. Tripod was sinking in the mud. Night, full moon, 5+ minutes, 160T film. Green and red-gelled strobe and red-gelled flashlight. This was cleaned up in the early 2000s. More from the Salton Sea.

THE L CAR 2006
1960 Lincoln Continental at Antelope Valley Auto Wrecking, Little Rock, CA. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, green and red-gelled strobe-flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Antelope Valley Auto Wrecking.

EXNER'S NIGHTMARE 2006
1960 Plymouth Custom Suburban station wagon in an abandoned junkyard at Hodge, CA, near Barstow on Route 66. Night, full moon and sodium vapor with lots of atmospheric haze, 2-3 minute exposure, purple and green-gelled strobe-flash. Canon 20D. See more images from the Hodge Junkyard.

THE GOLDEN DOG 2006
Brutalized Datsun B210 behind the completely abandoned "town" of Coaldale in west-central Nevada. Night, full moon, red and yellow strobe flash. 3 or 4 minute exposure. Canon 20D. See more images from Coaldale.

TRAILER MOONRISE 2006
Moonrise over a wrecked trailer in an abandoned junkyard in Hodge, CA on Route 66 near Barstow. Night (just after dusk), full moon, 30 second exposure, flashlight-painting. Canon 20D. See more images from the Hodge Junkyard.