Posts By pcalvin

The End of Kodachrome

On July 29, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - Uncategorized
Wulitzer Jukebox
  Wurlitzer jukebox from the Hard Rock Cafe collection
San Juan de Dios market, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
San Juan de Dios Market in Guadalajara
Dairy Farmer, Big Sandy, Texas
Dairy farmer near Big Sandy, Texas
Leicas and Kodachrome:  Kodak has stopped manufacturing the iconic film after 75 years and the last Kodachrome lab, located in Kansas, will shut down at the end of the year.  I shot thousands of rolls of Kodachrome both for personal work and while on assignment.  It was my favorite tool for color work, but today I don’t really miss it. Digital capture provides me more control and flexibility, particularly when working on location. But there was something about looking at those slides on the light box.
 
More on the End of Kodachrome  here  and  here
 

The Fourth of July in Texas

On June 30, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - built environment, documentary, economy, photography
Fireworks Stand, I30, East TexasSomething for the Fourth of July: a fireworks stand on I30 between Dallas and Commerce, Texas.

On June 19, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - Uncategorized
San Antonio, Texas
The former Mission Drive-In Theater, San Antonio , Tx
 The closed Mission Four Outdoor Theatre, Roosevelt Ave., San Antonio, Texas
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Diners

On June 15, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - Uncategorized
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Dallas, Texas

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The Style Station

On June 2, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - architecture, built environment, documentary, photography, repurposed gasoline stations
The Styling Station, a gasoline station along Interstate 35 between Waco and Dallas repurposed as a vintage clothing store.One of the most neglected photographic accessories is the brake pedal on your car. I have been passing the Style Station on Interstate 35 south of Dallas for a couple of years and finally stopped to make a photograph. They sell vintage clothing and seem to collect Toyota minivans from the 80’s.

Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Texas

On May 26, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - Uncategorized
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 Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Texas, restored in the 1930s as a WPA project and monetized in the present.

DART Light Rail

On May 6, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - built environment, built environment urban landscape, documentary, photography, urban landscape
DART Rail Construction along the Trinity River levee
As a continuation of my exploration of the built environment, I have been photographing the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) light rail construction and thinking about the possible changes in the landscape around it. The image here runs parallel to the existing highways, bypassing businesses and dividing the landscape it runs through. Businesses will close, others will open and how society interacts with the landscape will be altered.
 
There is a history of transportation changes altering communities. A a string of towns runs between Shreveport, LA. and Dallas, Texas that were railroad town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The  automobile and US Highway 80 changed that, and eventually many of these towns were bypassed all together by the interstate highway a few miles from the town centers. In Dallas, the demise of the trolly system closed businesses and even churches, who depended on public transit and had no parking facilities.  link to images

Signs of the Economy

On April 27, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - built environment, documentary, economy, urban landscape

Site for future construction, 42 acres at the corner of North Central Expressway42 acres at the corner of Walnut Hill and US 75, Central Expressway in Dallas, Texas.  A large apartment complex was demolished to make room for an ambitious mixed-use, high end development. The land has been taken back by the lenders and they are trying to sell it to recover the more than $40 million they have invested in it.  link to image

Main St. Theater in Nacogdoches, TX

On April 18, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - architecture, built environment, cinemas, documentary

Main St. Theater, Nacogdoches, TX.Here is another of these closed cinemas, this one in Nacogdoches, Texas. It is for lease and next door to a thrift shop.  link to image

The Tyler Theater

On April 11, 2010 by pcalvin With 0 Comments - architecture, built environment, cinemas, documentary, photography

Tyler Theater, Tyler, TX.
I have been photographing old movie theaters. My interest in them comes from Saturday mornings in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, and the 400-500 seat, single screen neighborhood theaters that are mostly gone in Dallas. (The Esquire, Delman, Wilshire, Granada, etc) The theater in this image is in Tyler, Texas, just off the square. It exists as only the facade, the interior is gone. link to image