Other people's junk...

Other people's junk..

Who would take a second look at these things? Only a photographer, so don't think too hard about the why of these photos.


The first photo was taken at a car wash. I saw these little discarded bits of some child's life left behind at the trash dump. Not wanting to disturb the scene, I put my trash back in the car, grabbed my camera, took one shot, and picked up the moose. I brought him 300 miles back home with me, washed him, and sat him on my kitchen counter. I think I heard him giggle the other day. Somehow, I wish I had picked up the other 3 items.

After I took the photo, I threw away my trash, and felt compelled to look around some more. Where there's one photo. I peeked behind a shed in back where there was a no dumping sign, and found this...

Being a photographer who likes to photograph things as they are, I had to shoot what I first saw, which was the above photo. I then moved the microwave and shot the trunk. I wanted to look inside, but thought I might enjoy keeping the mysteries of the trunk dancing around in my head. They could keep me company on the long ride home. Perhaps there was a body inside, or clusters of brilliant diamonds sewn within the lining, or a Sierra Madre treasure map, or a magic genie, or a million dollars cool cash, courtesy of the Twilight Zone.

How sad to see something like this, rotting away in the elements. I would like to think that someone came along and salvaged this trunk, and as I write this, they are in the process of giving it new life. And perhaps they found those diamonds or cool cash, or treasure map, but I didn't hear about it on the news, and you know, if it isn't on the news, it didn't happen.