Night photo of the historic fading Whiting Bros. Motel along Route 66 in Yucca, Arizona, during a night photography trip along the Mother Road. Four Whiting brothers founded the company, owning a chain of filling stations, motels, and truck stops along Route 66 in the Southwest. The expansion of the interstate highway system bypassed many of their service stations. Some vacant stations with the original signs still remain.
Night photo of a windmill along an old alignment of Route 66 in the Mojave Desert. Illuminated by a full moon and warm white light from a handheld ProtoMachines LED2. This will likely appear in a book that I am working on now. Thanks! Special thanks to the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association, where this is now preserved.
Night photo at the former arcade building, Lake Dolores Waterpark, an abandoned waterpark off I-15 in the Mojave Desert. Previous incarnations of the park featured stand-up and 50 mph waterslides, bumper boats, zip lines, high dives, trapeze-like swings, and more. The waterpark has also been operated under the name Rock-A-Hoola and Discovery. Regardless, attempts dried up. The site is now a series of badly damaged retro-futuristic structures and waterslides, mostly frequented by taggers, skateboarders, and arsonists. One of the caretakers gave me a brief tour of the site and pointed out some man-made ramps, allegedly haunted buildings, and fascinating tales of trespassers conducting seances. I illuminated the scene with a handheld ProtoMachines LED2 during the exposure. The sky was hazy with smoke from catastrophic fires further north, including the Caldor and Dixie Fires. This may appear in an upcoming book of night photography of abandoned locations. Thanks!
