Going to try something different here with just images. Problem is I can’t always recall whether you’ve seen them before, like on Facebook, which I never should have gone near. Instead of doing a slide show, here you can pick the ones you may like, click ’em, and get a better look. They are randomly set up — unstuck in time, like Billy Pilgrim — going as far back as the late 1980s up until yesterday, as I write:
Photo #25. Last night, wondering something I don’t recall…
(Click to see them full page)
Colorado River, a couple weeks ago. An Indian reservation. I won a couple hundred playing blackjack at the casino, by keeping track of how many high cards come out.
Maybe you’ve seen it before, but I really like it. A lot going on, visually. Puerto Rico, early 1990s.
When it’s just you and your dog, you tend to do a lot of self portraits…
Alamo Lake, AZ, 2020. Yes, I tweaked the hell out of the sky.
With some of these, there is not much to say, so I don’t.
Some of my selfies were difficult to get, especially with Gus involved. I usually use the built in intervalometer set at a pic every 2 seconds.
Yeah, you’ve seen some of these. I’m hoping you forget.
Badlands, South Dakota. Love it there.
The negative space here just goes on and on…
I get arrested at Eagle’s Nest, New Mexico in the summer of 2020. I went down to the lake without a mask. Cops were waiting when Gus and I got back.
The Fortune Family roundup, Badlands, SD.
I’m thinking of doing this differently in the future. Keep to one subject on each post. Like the dogs. And ‘People Other Than Myself’, as above, which I like. I’m just walking down the street at Winchester Bay, OR and see these kids and the statue and persuaded them to stand in front of it. After this one shot, the elder girl got weird and said ‘No more!’ and led the brood away at a fast clip.
More of the Fortune Family roundup.
An old pony express stop on Hwy 50, ‘The Loneliest Road in America.’
The tall ship Eagle, for training U.S. Coast Guard Cadets.
Some cadets on shore leave.
Wyoming, high altitude, over 10,000 feet, I think.
A get-together somewhere in Wyoming, I think. I’m blanking.
Port Aransas Beach, TX, Gus and me, 2016, I think. No camping on the beach any more. And so it goes.
Selfie, Tobago, circa 1994.
Pavones, Costa Rica, 1997, my Max Dalton murder investigation. No, this format is not working out…
The fish I helped kill in 1988 off Montauk Light. I did a bad thing.
Baja, the Sea of Cortez, 1996.
This one goes way back to the mid-1980s. Good old Shiner.
Winchester Bay, OR.
Early morning near Lincoln, Montana.
Texas coast.
Oregon two-lane backstop, slow shutter speed.
Shit, I think you’ve seen some of these…
Sea mount, Oregon coast.
The Loneliest Road in America.
I think you’ve seen this one.
I’ve written over 50,000 words to go with the imagery. What to do now?
The Hard Ride of Route 93 near Vegas. I’l planning of a better description in my book.
Does anyone recognize this river?
I haven’t figured how to adjust these, move them around and so on.
Beartooth Pass, Montana, elevation… at least 10,000 feet. Cold in July.
Surfer, Puerto Escondido, Mexico, 1996.
I forget where this was and I hadn’t turned on the camera’ GPS. This is the case with a few here. I don’t mind though, and IMO neither should you. I mean whaddya gonna do, GO THERE b/c of a photo???
All sorts of subtext but don’t bother looking for it now.
I did a lot of these on Oregon beaches. Half second or so shutter speed and whip the camera side to side.
Don’t forget to click to see them large!
These bales of pot and many thousands more like them ended up at the bottom of the Atlantic in 1978. Described in In Search of Captain Zero.
Exposing lies isn’t that much fun, especially when so few of you want to hear it. So let me know if you’d just rather see photographs… it’s okay with me either way.
Someone’s little piece of paradise… somewhere.
I loved these nutcases on motorcycles.
This is Bill Martin in Oregon, who just now finished a bike ride from the Atlantic at Virginia Beach.
Many of these really don’t need a caption. Whatever you think you wanted to know, you really didn’t care. Take my word for it. You either liked the image or not.
I really got a kick out of this fellow. Sure knew his rocks!
This was at a pull out, an ‘Overlook’ area.
Most of these are pretty self-explanatory, i.e., folks I met on the road.
Panamanian brothel. Good prose story here, which will be in my book.
Enough! These are not even my favorites.
Guatamala estuary, 1996. Flash and slow shutter gives the speed effect.
This random theory isn’t working.
I think it was inspired by my re-reading Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. I suspect Kurt V was a better writer than I am a photographer.)
El Salvador, I forget which town.
See, Billy pilgrim, the hero of the book, gets unstuck in time, which is what I’m doing here. It just doesn’t work with imagery, though. Maybe it’s me.
A few have compared my writing to Hunter S. Thompson but it was Vonnegut that inspired me, way back in the 1960s.
He made me realize that you can do anything in storytelling, break all the rules and so on, put your characters through all kinds of unwarranted hell, as long as long as you express a deep… empathy…
And so it goes.
I tried to get into Burning Man in 2016 but it was sold out. In retro, I’m glad, from what I know now. This is nearby the event.
Part of my ‘Hard Ride of Route 93’, Nevada, 2022
I already have over 50,000 words to go with the imagery, I just don’t know how to do the layout.
I am willing to do a 50-50 split for help with the layout.
This goes back to 2014, and I can’t recall where it was; somewhere out west.
I’m going to create the book I have in mind right here on the blog, juxtapose excerpts with imagery.
Then use the eBook to get a print deal.
Some of the ‘captions’ will be 10,000 words. Some will be one word, but subtext-laden.
If anyone knows how to do this — or knows someone who does — please be in touch.
Allan
Thanks, Lamont! This is the first, not the best from last night’s full moon. Didn’t have time to properly edit.
A few minutes later. Yes, tweaked.
Beautiful pictures…Spent some time with the family shopping at Woodbury Common here in Orange County, NY. It was a lovely April day. And then i looked up, and there were goddamn chemtrails all over the place…OT: What the heck is Miles Mathis talking about now? They’re close to making us serfs forever, and he thinks he’s winning? Countries are abandoning the dollar, a horrific financial collapse is coming, and I can’t even think of “winning” right now.
http://mileswmathis.com/serf.pdf
Have you not read my Open Letter to ‘Miles Mathis’?
Barry, why do you not post on your website similar comments/findings that you do here?
You know, to get the word out… regarding many things such as the fraudulent Covid scam, referencing Cowan, Kaufman, Baileys, and other stuff Allan has exposed?
Yes, I read the Open Letter to Miles Mathis before posting here…The whole economy is about to crash, and we console ourselves that Miles Mathis sleeps well, and that Madonna has aged poorly, so we’re “winning.” WTF?…My website is etymology, with no personal opinions. However, they know my opinions, and the constant censorship is pathetic. I’m approaching 34,000 website entries. Today, it took me 12 hours to make 23 cents from Google Adsense. It takes me a week to earn enough to buy a Subway sandwich. Earnings are down 50% from last year, although I write 10 new entries every day. No one can believe it. Similarweb says I’m making $5-10 million. … https://www.similarweb.com/website/barrypopik.com/#overview
Have you covered how the noun isolation has been corrupted and hijacked by the virologists and the entire medical cartel?
Might be worth advertising that at the very top of your web with the implications and such. Maybe get you some more drive by’s.
Allan, it’s a “Pink Moon” tonight (actually 4/6 at 12:35AM EDT). Pix apprecited if possible.
Talk about timing!! I always forget the full moon. Read your note, ran out and the damn thing was just about to peek over the mountains to the east. I will show you above. Muchas gracias!
Good one. The big moon in the wiild is always a great subject.
Since I am pretty much a hack, I failed at the most eery visual I ever saw – an eclipse high in the mountains had the moon almost red – not in my resultant images though.
I’ll take the T3i out tonight, what setting(s) do you recommend?
The ‘Storytellers’ job is to shed light….not to master. Every one of your pictures can shed light , so go kick out the Cosmic Jams and tell us what happened……as a Outlaw! Be cool and walk tall……vato. Hutch
I’m not getting what you mean. Please re-phrase.
Hey, from what I understand, ‘Burning Man’ is unbelievable awesome!, but only for mad people who like dust baths, and dust in their eyes.
They reckon there is nothing else like it on Earth, and I would quite agree!, having a high interest in it, and loving any new movies on it for years!.
Half of me wants to go bad, the other half no way! Lol!
Don’t go to Burning Man, Brett. It’s occult bull shit. I only wanted to get some twisted photos.
Lol! – yes I have seen some real rude photo’s from there :-D, and you are right – there is some funny business going on with that Bonfire.
And look at those Bikies, about 98% of them worship the colour BLACK, and the Death Skull (Satanic).
Allan, your cowboy photo’s are absolutely outstanding, and are right up there in my favourites. So perfectly posed, even the way those 5 or 6 odd cowboys on their horses (not in the above photo’s), were facing randomly – like they were threatened with death if they moved :-D.
Hey – thanks for telling us about what happened with those cute Indian kids and the statue! – well you got a real gem of a photo in short time!.
Don’t forget to fish out your picture of that Mountain goat – way up in those rugged hills – looked Weird/Awesome!.
You’re right. One of my crazy (and famous) cousins went there. Absolutely insane!
And she went nude.
I loved all the pics you posted here btw. Just awesome. Bottomless Boy!!! lol
Right!, – that’s it lets go!! (& naked).
Allan – ALL of your photographs are treasures to see, ranging from Interesting! – to Absolutely Fantastic!! – Best in the World! (& your skilled, amusing writings! :-D). There are plenty in here, which I don’t remember seeing before, and some I am sure, you have never shown us before.
BTW, I can tell there was no other dog, like Dear SHINER.
Now, the big question is – has anyone else tried emailing those camera crooks for you??,
and is your money winging it’s way back to you NOW??
Glad you like my pics and appreciate your saying so. I’ll never get any money back; the best I can hope for is annoying the crooks a bit. It would help is a few of you pitched in via email when you have a moment. Crooks should at least know that others know they are crooks.
Allan I love your photography and I don’t care if I have seen it before. Thanks, I needed this today.
And your comment was a help to me today.
I wish you still would do a book, but it’s your decision if you do an online one. I’ll read it either way.
I like all your pics – captions make them even better.
Unfortunately, I do know anything about WordPress to help you.
I do NOT know anything about WP… A typo there.
You have talent in exposing lies and photography. I enjoy both. Your writing speaks for itself.
Gracias. I sure would like to see this stuff as a book, so when the EMP hits, it will still exist, even after we are all gone… poof!
I highly recommend Malkovich’s reading of Breakfast of Champions. It will brighten your day, especially his descriptions of KV’s bizarre drawings.
(I had to pause my iPad for moment: I was laughing too hard to type as Malkovich described an alien named Zog who communicates by farting and tap dancing and was killed while he was frantically farting and tap dancing by a guy with a golf club when Zog woke him up to warn his house was on fire.)
Does anyone know how the get rid of the sidebar so the text/pics go all the way across? Anyone who knows WordPress what to help, and get paid? I have all I need for a good book other than how to lay it out.
Allan,
I’ve always found the best way to resolve any computer/software issue is with a ballpeen hammer. Try it.
Sometimes using the hammer resolves many issues, both tech & personal.
Funniest comment in eight years! I may even try it. (Goes perfectly with the book I am listening to at this very moment: Breakfast of Champions, read by John Malkovich.)