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Badlands and Barbers

By Jay Goldman September 1, 2008

Rolling red-clay badlands with eroded ridges, ringed by green forest under a bright blue summer sky. — Badlands

Eroded red and grey clay badlands hills with a lone green tree against a clear blue sky. — Badlands

Silhouetted photographer with a backpack reviews his camera beneath a lone tree against a deep blue sky. — Rannie Tree

Grinning man with a camera and backpack balances arms outstretched on the red hills of the Cheltenham Badlands. — Rannie Run

Cracked reddish-brown badlands clay streaked with pale gravel, half in deep shadow. — Shadowy Badlands

Green graffiti reading "Get Layed" on a crumbling wall below a broken window of an abandoned building. — Fear for the Future

Rusted metal beams silhouetted against a clear blue sky, radiating outward like fingers. — Sky Fingers

Shattered shards of green wire-mesh safety glass piled on a windowsill by a rusted frame, greenery behind. — Broken Glass

Two holes broken through a crumbling concrete wall reveal green grass and a chain-link fence outside. — Holes

Rusty coil of copper wire resting on a sunlit stone surface, casting long shadows — Copper Coil

A rusted twisted metal cable stretches toward a bright window in a graffiti-covered abandoned building. — Chain

Shadow of a chain's linked rings cast diagonally across a sandy concrete surface. — Chain Shadow

Daylight glimpsed through a small hole in a rough, weathered stone wall, blurred boulders framing the gap. — Distance

Coiled black-and-white wire springs stretched taut across weathered gray rock and metal stakes. — Wire

Close-up of a weathered sandstone rock wall with knobby tan and rust-red textured formations in raking light. — Rocks

Rusted steel girders of a roofless building silhouetted against a blue sky, sun glowing behind them — Girders

Weathered maple-leaf decal reading "Built by a member of the Canadian Boiler Society" on a rusted metal surface. — Canadian Boiler Society

Cream ceramic "Auburn 1-18" spark plug on a heavily rusted engine block in an abandoned building. — Auburn

A rusted iron machine part rests among crumbling red bricks and rubble in bright sunlight. — W

Close-up of weathered gray concrete cinder blocks stacked in harsh sunlight, one hollow filled with dark soil. — Bricks

Close-up of layered gray slate rock with diagonal ridges and thin cracks catching the light. — Slate

Rows of soil-filled plastic bags stuffed into a gap in a peeling, weathered white beadboard ceiling. — Ceiling Bags

Tattered, frayed strips of weathered gauzy fabric drape and dangle against a sunlit backdrop of green foliage. — Drapey

Interior of an abandoned building with peeling walls, glassless windows, a debris-strewn floor, and a doorway to greenery. — Room 1

Sunlit interior of an abandoned graffiti-covered building with exposed roof trusses and a tiled dado wall. — Room 2

A black bullseye target spray-painted on a weathered concrete wall, spattered with pink paint. — Target Practice

Two photographers with cameras and backpacks stand on the debris-strewn floor of an abandoned building, one aiming her camera upward. — Rannie and Rachel

Weathered red barber chair base with two rounded bolt heads, flecked with paint on a debris-strewn floor. — Wheel

A splash of bright pink spray paint splattered across gray gravel, dirt, and wood chips. — Paint

A single feather resting on the frame of an old window, backlit by green trees outside. — Feather

Rows of dark circular boiler tube holes in a rusted steel plate lit by raking light — Holey

An old valve wheel and industrial pipes silhouetted against blue sky through a derelict factory's decaying roof. — Valve

A shaft of light streams through a hole in the crumbling, weathered wall of a dark abandoned building. — Angelic

Shattered wire-mesh glass in a broken window frame against blue sky with a tree below. — Ex-Window

Master Safety

Frayed twisted electrical wires dangle in the foreground of a dim, abandoned building interior with a sunlit doorway beyond. — Strand

Curled strips of exposed black film tape scattered on a dusty concrete floor beside a sunlit barred window. — Tape

Graffiti reading "Treble Charger Suck" spray-painted in black on a cracked, weathered concrete wall. — Indeed

A pencil signature and the handwritten date "AUG 10/81" scrawled on a weathered plaster wall. — AUG 10/81

An iPhone showing the Milwaukee tool website rests on a rusted, paint-peeled Milwaukee sign. — Old vs. New

Purple salvia flowers spilling over the rim of a bright pink planter against a deep blue sky. — Giant Flower Pots

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