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Measures of Anonymity #17 Denver, Colorado 2012

The older the building the more signs of uniqueness and individuality appear, reducing the anonymity (for better or worse). This shot did make me wonder what the fire marshall thinks about a big swamp cooler blocking a fire escape.]]>

Measures of Anonymity #16 Denver, Colorado 2012

I really like the arrangement of shapes and shadows in this one, in some ways sort of a Mondrianesque collection of lines and shapes–but with enough vents, lights, etc. to be able to recognize it as a real rather than abstract object.]]>

Measures of Anonymity #15 Denver, Colorado 2012

Another facade, this one not so pleasing as yesterday’s but one I find graphically interesting nonetheless. And the staining on the stone brings some feeling of life or movement, however minimal or slow, to the composition.]]>

Measures of Anonymity #14 Denver, Colorado 2012

Back to the Denver series for a bit. Even though this building shields it’s occupants in perhaps lonely anonymity, the design pattern on the side were appealing to me. It reminded me of photos of the long, empty roads in the American West. (Which are of course also lonesome.)]]>

Act of Valor #15 Anaconda, Montana 2012

My visit to the Anaconda Bar capping my brief tour of the town, I headed back on the road toward home.]]>

Act of Valor #15 Anaconda, Montana 2012

Inside the Anaconda Bar, I found the bartender Mike attending to an unknown customer. When I asked Mike if it was o.k. if I took a couple of photos he said sure. He then added “will I be famous?”to which I replied “when I’m famous, you’ll be famous.” That seemed good enough for him.]]>

Act of Valor #14 Anaconda, Montana 2012

Another lively looking business, the Anaconda Bar. This one with the door open even. I’ve found that if anything is open in a small town, it’s likely to be a bar. (The phrase “you want to go where everyone knows your name” comes to mind.)]]>

Act of Valor #13 Anaconda, Montana 2012

A couple of vintage-dressed mannequins looking out over the street oddly made Anaconda seem even more empty somehow.]]>

A photo of Zippy in his booth at the Downtown Denver Arts Festival in June, courtesy of 303magazine.com.]]>

Bear Trap Canyon Fire Bozeman, Montana 2012

Like many other parts of the West, Montana is getting a good dosing of wildland fires these days. This is a photo from our current local fire in Bear Trap Canyon west of Bozeman about twenty miles. This was taken on Monday a week ago–the first day of the fire. I was on my way back from my art show in Salt Lake City at the time. I spent Tuesday “working” on the fire with a crew from the volunteer fire department I am on. I put the word “working” in quotes because it was so windy that day (gusts to 60 mph) we couldn’t do much but monitor the fire as it raced about four miles down the river in just a few hours. I did get my share of smoke and ash immersion though (cough, cough). Since then the weather and the fire have been better behaved and I think they are in the mop of stages now. It was small as fires these days go, burning about 20,000 acres and three homes I believe. How did this fire get started? Fireworks–so be careful with yours this week.  ]]>