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Just to clarify so there is no confusion for future readers, it was both Guy's and my workshop, not just Jack's workshop .Inspired by the Bodie Photos from Jack's workshop
In 2001What amazes me is how little that car has changed in 18 years. Here's a shot of it from my very first trip to Bodie in 1992. (FWIW, I think it's a 1937 Chevy Business Coupe):
Uwe,Jack, this is a great collection. Love the Mail Stop.
The last time I was there and inside was about 7 years ago -- and then it was *very* dusty compared to 5 years earlier. However, they do continual "light maintenance" to keep the town in a state of "arrested decay" -- for example, the barber pole in front of the barber shop next to the casino in my night shot, now has a fresh coat of red and white paint on it... Along with that and from looking in windows, it appeared this time they'd maybe gone through the buildings with a yard blower on low to freshen them up a bitJack,
quite a few of your shots were taken inside during a special workshop. How is it inside today?
Very cool.And here is perhaps my most controversial image from Bodie -- look closely at it:
I had originally named this image "Doc's at Lunch" because of the implied humor, doctor's bag sitting on the bar suggesting the doctor was drinking his lunch. Then several years later when showing these images to fellow Bodie photographer, he asked me what was going on in the mirror. I didn't know what he was talking about, until all at once I saw it: If you look in the mirror behind the bar, at the dining table behind the pool table toward the upper RH corner, you can see what appears to the shadowy shape of a man hunched over the table eating lunch. I debated changing the name to "Doc's Ghost" but figured that was too much of a cliché, so I simply made it "Bar Ghost" and let the viewers who notice the shadowy spot decide if it's a reflection anomaly or an apparition.