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2006
For these shots, I trekked through some fields down into a valley out back of a Blues joint in N. GA and was quickly escorted away by 4 big dogs that met me at this little road and let me know that to go further on that land was to risk more than I wanted to for some photos. The dogs were friendly about it, but were definitely the securiity system.
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A difference over the decades is that now it's difficult to find Georgia landscapes that don't have infrastructure (power lines etcetera) invading the scene. Because that's what's there, I have taken so many photographs of Georgia's fields, and tossed out ninety-nine percent of them, perfectly good photos, they just didn't do anything for me. It's hard for me to say what prompts me to keep the very few that I have.
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The Travelers Motel was once located at 160 West May Street in Winder, Georga, northwest of Atlanta. A Google snippet view from a book that mentions it informs, "Winder acquired its first motel when the modern , air-conditioned Travelers Motel was opened in 1954..." A couple of postcards of the motel, in an older form are to be found on sites that sell such. A postcard that shows much the same facade, but with a more classic, less perfunctory sign, describes the motel as having 24 units with modernistic furnishings, tile shower combinations, free television, excellent eating facilities nearby and king size beds. King beds were not an option in mid-century America. An earlier postcard which must be from the 1950s shows the same classic sign and a facade more inviting with ornamental screen doors on each room, and the motel appearing to have had originally a more rustic appearance with stained, vertical wood boarding above the lower brick, whereas my photo shows yellow painted brick above the red. Fortunately, Google captured a view of the motel in 2008, a little later than my photograph which was taken in 2006. I knew when I took the photo that this motel was likely not going to be around much longer--I was surprised that it was still standing in 2006--and it has been since replaced with an Aldi grocery store.
I used to have a photo of a couple of teenagers on the corner near the motel, having just crossed the street. I worked and worked with that photo and never got whatever it was that I wanted out of it, so I tossed it. I wish I'd kept it so I could try again.
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