Max’s travelogue

Abandoned Cross uploaded on 11 March 2008

In the River District, even the topography is artful. Every wall is part of the mural of graffiti. It’s a photographer’s dream. Shooting photos, I wander into a group of buildings and find a large wooden cross leaning against a warehouse door. It's an artifact, here where the landscape itself is art.

I look up from the cross and realize I’m being watched by a large, brown horse. It stares at me, and then slowly walks away. I wonder if I really saw it, or if some agent of creativity floats through this valley, bringing visions.

The Ice House, from the Riverlink Bridge uploaded on 11 March 2008

The smokestack of the abandoned, burned out Ice Cold Storage Co., seen from the Riverlink bridge, dominates the skyline of Asheville’s River Arts District.

Dave Steel Company uploaded on 11 March 2008

Dave Steel Company, The River Arts District, Asheville, NC.

College Street: Where the graffiti eats you. uploaded on 25 November 2007

Kress Building uploaded on 25 November 2007

The Kress building, on the corner of College and Lexington, exemplifies Asheville's famous architecture.

Mural on Broadway uploaded on 25 November 2007

I must have photographed this mural a thousand times, with various juxtapositions of Asheville’s skyline and the missing head. One day I was walking by, shielding my camera from the rain, and saw the rainbow. In photography, the perfect moment is rarely singular, but more often comes from an intersection of several imperfect elements.

Baker's Creek Dam uploaded on 25 November 2007

Panoramic made from several exposures on a foggy morning. This place is HUGE.

White Oak Falls uploaded on 25 November 2007

Looking down from the top of the falls.

White Oak Falls uploaded on 25 November 2007

Saw a bear here once, right up at the top of the falls. Photo taken late October, 2007.

The Hop uploaded on 25 November 2007

Taken around 2 a.m. with an old Voigtlander folding camera.