Old West Highway

[Paul Taylor]

Minolta X700 w/ TTArtisan 75mmf1.5 on Ilford HP5. Developed with Cinestill Df96, scanned with a Lumix G9 & Olympus 30mm Macro. Sunray BoxIII lightsource.

When I went to shoot the comet a couple weeks ago on digital - I took some film shots.

These were taken on Highway 88 - Known as "Apache Trail" and the "Old West Highway" - probably about 10-12 miles past the town of Tortilla Flats (population 16.)

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Nice series, Paul.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Population 16?! That’s my kind of town!

I can only view your images on my phone, but I look forward to seeing them on my iMac in a couple of weeks. They look good already.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Population 16?! That’s my kind of town!

I can only view your images on my phone, but I look forward to seeing them on my iMac in a couple of weeks. They look good already.

It is a beautiful landscape out that way - lakes, mountains, desert. Little too desolate for my taste.



However, I grew up in the middle of nowhere and it was all forest. As I get older and approaching 20+ years living in a major city (Phoenix, AZ) I am yearning to run back to the forests (although they will be the ones in northern Arizona so more mountainous tall pine than the oak & hickory I grew up with.)

Arizona is an amazing state - as many people don't realize that it isn't all desert and cactii. The northern part of the state has sprawling beautiful forests and is immune from the heat of the "valley" and lower parts with more regular rainfall and snowfall.

I have been eyeballing plots of land in the northern part of the state...so one day soon.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I prefer walking through forests than climbing mountains. Reminder to self: get out more!