A quick snap shot, couldn’t resist.
Found on a walk.
Guard Dog, old doorway Charleston
Category Archives: Main Street USA
Colorful, Main Street USA
In general small town main street is crumbling, even disappearing. However when it comes to holidays, especially patriotic ones, they get a good cleanup and the flags come out.
Usually I would wander around a town shooting B&W exclusively. This day just seemed to call for color.
Small town Main Street, South Carolina.
Every Small Southern Town Has One
This, and a train running through the middle of Main Street.
The pedestal clock and train tracks cutting across Main Street was one of my first impressions when I started to photograph small southern towns. The railroad tracks always reminded me of the movie ‘In The Heat Of The Night’. I was born and raised in NYC so it was all new.
Now on a quiet night, sitting on my back porch, I can hear the train passing off in the distance. And yes, it cuts right across Main Street.
Passing Through Main Street
Don’t you want to do this just once !
Warehouse, Monochrome
Hard for me to pass a little ‘rust and ruin’ without stopping for a shot.
Taken somewhere along a railroad track near the South Carolina, Georgia border.
Nearby To Main Street USA
This is also another ‘Found On A Walk’ type article. Here a case of one old find leads to another.
We stopped after crossing a railroad track that had old buildings lined along what might have been a RR stop years ago. I grabbed shots with no real plan. Looking a little deeper this small random stop had a few hidden interests.
The first photograph turned out to be an old Troy SC jail. Besides the fence to keep people away there were other warnings, even the names of people who were caught here. Who does that !
Best viewed large.
Below was the scene that lead us to just stop after driving down this road.
What we also had was an old corn mill, with a tractor on blocks. This was probably used to power the corn grinder inside the building.
These photographs were taken as we drove along exploring back roads on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River.
Main Street, USA
There is no shortage of scenes for me to photograph for this series.
Even in towns where the town center stores look to be doing well a walk down side streets is usually like this.
All these photographs taken with my walk around lens, Tamron 18-400mm. While I continue to carry a few primes, the versatility can’t be beat.
Some Main Street (USA)
A new town here, in a new part of my adopted state South Carolina. There’s a Main Street long past it’s prime here too.
When I started this project in 2016 I lived in one of the wealthiest northern states. There were plenty of subjects there too. The decline of Main Street USA doesn’t play favorites.
