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Comments (14)
It's not a very pretty picture, but it is such an interesting sight out in what appears to be the middle of nowhere. It makes me wonder what could have caused it to be in this horrible a state. I enjoyed everyone's comments imagining its life in the long-distant past.
Posted by Sharon Ward on March 30,2012 | 08:58 AM
I really liked this photo. I also thought at first glance it was "something prehistoric". But of course it can't be. It seemed lonely, but if walls could talk. I bet there were a lot of happy times in that trailer. Looks like an old Silver Bullet trailer. I lived in one years ago.
Posted by NancyYoung on January 30,2011 | 02:58 PM
This is an awesome photo but it looks altered.
Posted by Kyle Butler on October 25,2010 | 10:41 PM
At first glance I thought that this was a parade elephant kneeling for more silver streamers to be added to the costume. Without the caption I never would have known that it is a defunct trailer.
This photo is transcendant---It is what it is, yet it isn't.
Posted by Joann Tilton on August 26,2010 | 06:34 PM
How moving! At first glance I thought it was the remains of something almost prehistoric. Continued viewing revealed something even more moving! Love it.
Posted by Rebecca Schuff on May 29,2010 | 12:37 PM
Glad to hear back from you, Garret, and so cool to see that Sandi Wheaton also heard about your photo, and my reference to her work, as well. Cheers!
Posted by Barbara Fysh on April 25,2010 | 11:11 PM
How cool to be referred to here! Yep, it's the same trailer. Nice light painting shot - congrats on the contest placement!
Posted by Sandi Wheaton on April 5,2010 | 09:34 PM
Thank you all for your wonderful comments and feedback. It is in fact a straight photograph, painted with lanterns and flashlights. And thank you Barbara for the introduction to Sandi Wheaton's work, I love her style, and seeing the same trailer in a different light was a strange experience. Thanks!
Posted by Garret Suhrie on March 17,2010 | 02:40 PM
This photo reminds me of a Sandi Wheaton photo of possibly the same trailer on the decaying salt flats along the Salton Sea, but in a different light, which gives Garret's photo a truly apocalyptic quality, at this now desolate, 1950's resort playground of southern California.
Posted by Barbara Fysh on March 16,2010 | 02:28 AM
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.... It speaks to me of a much wider aspect than the immediate view. Awesome photo!
Posted by Marianna Friesel on March 15,2010 | 11:31 PM
Just imagine all the wonderful stories this trailer could tell - of joy and laughter, of beauty and family - memories of people gathering together, once-upon-a-time.
Posted by Dawn Marie Miller on March 15,2010 | 10:16 PM
Proof that Star Wars isn't a fantasy. It hardly looks real, although I believe that it is.
Posted by Sarah Doyle on March 13,2010 | 07:58 PM
WOW!!!
Posted by valerie on March 13,2010 | 12:50 PM
This is an excellent photo but it is so disheartening. It looks to be of an old Liberty trailer from the 1950's.
Posted by Jean on March 13,2010 | 12:03 PM