Drive

Here's a collection of some of the photos I've taken of antique cars.  

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

George Carlin

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She's My Ride Home

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This photograph was an unusual capture.  I happened to be riding shotgun when we came upon this truck that reflected the entire road behind us (we were in the white car on the side).  Sometimes I just luck out!

A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality. 

Wes Bentley 

Cadillac Ranch

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Just outside and west of Amarillo, Texas is Cadillac Ranch.  Out in the middle of nowhere is an unusual sight.  Ten Cadillacs  buried nose first into the ground.  When you're driving on I-40 in Texas there's not a lot to see on the south side, so when you come up upon this sight it's very noticeable.  Over the years it's become a quirky tourist attraction.  An eccentric millionaire, Stanley Marsh, is a driving force in unusual artistic endeavors in the Amarillo area.  Over the years, the ten Cadillacs comprising the work of art have been ravaged by the elements and covered over with years of ever-changing graffiti.  Every so often some company will do a commercial or they will be used for a movie.  When this happens the Cadillacs might be painted with just one color or possibly with their original colors.  No matter when this happens, within 1 - 2 days of them finishing the project, the graffiti will be put on again.  Visitors come from all over the world to leave their mark and to add to the years of ever-thickening paint, which at this point, may be the only thing keeping the cars together.  It can be difficult to get photographs without people in them as it is usually covered with tourists.  I've included original photographs and copies of the photographs manipulated in Photoshop.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. 

Oscar Wilde