by jamesp | Nov 22, 2020 | Ghost Towns, Landscape, Photography
Several years ago, I posted about the search for a church in the Badlands. Several trips down dusty roads led to St. Joseph’s on top of Cuny Table, and across the White River to St. Barbara’s. And finally, the search has proven fruitful. I emailed the Director of the... 
by jamesp | Nov 9, 2020 | Ghost Towns, Hiking, Landscape, Outdoors, Photography
What is it about abandoned towns that capture the imagination? Growing up in South Dakota, my father took us along on many “explores”, as he called them. Looking for the remnants of the gold mining camps in the Black Hills, he instilled in us a love of... 
by jamesp | Feb 19, 2020 | Ghost Towns, Photography, Stories
During the course of redesigning the blog and the website, I found an email from Brian Walzel, who visited the church when it was still standing. Brian said in his email: First, I have no physical or spiritual connection to the church as it was discovered during a... 
by jamesp | Nov 17, 2017 | Ghost Towns, Life on the Road, Photography
One summer ago, I met a lovely family from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff in St. Joseph, Michigan. She had grown up in West Central South Dakota, and we had a great conversation about the farm country. As it turned out, her grandfather had... 
by jamesp | May 17, 2017 | Archive, Art Show Voodoo, Ghost Towns, Life on the Road
My first show of the month is in Kansas City, MO. A favorite in KC, and a favorite of mine, the Brookside Art Annual takes place on Brookside Plaza just south of 63rd in Kansas City. The last time my wife Karyn and I were there, it was cold. And snowy. We tried to... 
by jamesp | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive, Ghost Towns, Landscape, Photography
After many requests from friends and patrons, I’ve designed and printed a coffee table book of my “Disappearing Agrarian Landscape” photographs. It is hard-bound, and printed on high quality matte stock, with a dust cover and accompanying copy...