Road Trip II

Pawhuska is a no-where town that was once somewhere too. And its shell still gives hints of its past whereness. A cattle town that once thrived – its main downtown district focuses on the Triangle Building: a brick façade, empty but the centerpiece of a possible artistic revival. J.D (a man I met on the street) gave me the lowdown on its past – and spoke with pride as if he was talking about his own history. One building seemed to spark with life – an antique store and a coffee house was housed within. Tin ceilings in relief revealed the possibilities that existed then and there. The rest of the town was a shell – brick two level main street stores just waiting for the spirit of man to ignite. I photographed this shell giving it an aura of the past with a trick lens I packed along. I’m trying not to overuse it but it does provide an element of creative reverie to the image at capture.