I had an idea for a series- which I still have not developed. Here is a start- but way different from where I would like this series to go. These were taken in Bodie- looking into the wagonmaker’s workshop. My 3rd great grandfather, Augustus Peaslee, was a wagonmaker, and I am always drawn to photograph wagon wheels wherever I happen to see them. I am imagining a series of wagon wheel abstracts with a whole different color palette than this one- but it’s a beginning….
Another outing with my photo group- this time close to home!
We visited the Vulture Mine outside Wickenberg and enjoyed wandering around the old ghost town taking photos. Gold was discovered there in 1863 by Henry Wickenberg, who started the mining operation. Eventually a town of 5,000 grew up around the mine, which became the most productive gold mine in Arizona history. It was shut down in 1942 by the government, but is now owned by a private corporation and is open for tours.
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