Abandoned House, Wagon Mound, New Mexico Surfing long before the advent of

long before the advent of Photoshop

every sixteen-year-old would get a passport

combined in Photoshop

It would be difficult if not impossible to achieve the same result today using digital technology

Abandoned House, Wagon Mound, New Mexico Surfing long before the advent ofThis picture is part of my new series called Western Realty. Ive driven tens of thousands of miles on back roads all over the western United States, seeking out structures and signage that struck me as uniquely whimsical or beautiful. Afterward, I spent hundreds of hours refining my original photographs to produce the finished images you see here.