Ralf K (Don Kincl) has uploaded some more shots at the Cohort, titled as “Alternative Shots from my travels in 2012”. This surreal shot caught my eye; it’s of a Citroen DS in Grantsville, UT.
Ford and Chevrolet near Booker, TX.
GMC Cabover – DVAP Casa Grande, AZ
Foreign car section – DVAP Casa Grande, AZ
VW bus – Klickitat, WA
International Pickup – Klickitat, WA
Shoe box Ford riprap – Cimarron River, OK
Rip rap cars – Beaver River, OK
Boat tail Riviera – Abilene, TX
Tri Five Chevies – Liberal, KS
Edsel Wagon – DVAP Casa Grande, AZ
Willys Jeep – Abilene, TX
Chevy pickup and coupe – Beaver, OK
Packard – Puyallup, WA
Plymouth Valiant – Freedom, OK
Well the Valiant certainly is curbside.
If it were in Chicago, it might have been drivable 30 minutes ago.
In Freedom, Oklahama I have to wonder just how long it has been guarding a passageway to the panhandle?
Nice photos ~
I wonder what was done to ‘massage’ them ? .
-Nate
Looks like HDR style photography. Brings out shadows and highlights.
I don’t know what ‘HDR’ means but I like it a lot .
I don’t think that Valiant is rusty enough to be from Chicago….
One of my younger inner city Mexican friends didn’t understand/believe me when I told him about ‘riprap’ cars being used to retard creek side erosion so I took him to see some and he went wild scavanging 1940’s & 1950’s American stainless steel trims….
-Nate
The first time I saw old cars used as riprap was on a canoe trip along the New River in the mountains of NC, when I was a teenager in the mid 90’s. Those had actually become part of the riverbank, completely buried in the soil but with the nose or tail visible sticking out of the bank. Kind of surreal to be paddling along and see a late 50’s Chevy front panel where your mind definitely does not expect there should be one…
What great pictures for for the display of the photographer’s skill and artistic vision. What horrible pictures of these poor, neglected cars that make me want to rescue them.
Has someone peeled the roof from that Edsel wagon?
Godzilla?
So many parts pulled from that Edsel but the pristine grille is still there!
Great photography! I like the Imperial adjacent to the Jeep shot in Abilene.
Fantastic photos! Great eye for composition as well as processing–that lead DS shot does look very surreal.
I’m always a little conflicted–the “automotive preservationist” in me wants to rescue every neglected old car I see, while there’s another side of me that finds something quite beautiful in some of these old cars quietly returning to nature.
The Citroën begs the same question as when you see a license plate on an unsuitable vehicle from far away…just how did that car get there?
If it were a few inches away from the weeds, I would think the “task force ” Chevy pickup in Oklahoma had been used to transport a few bags of animal feed from that barn to the field or pen within a week of the photograph.
The foreign car section photo is interesting, a few MGs (MGB & Midget), a VW Type 3, and a Mercedes “roundie” sedan beyond them. I’m not sure what it is at the upper-right corner, and could the lower right be a late-sixties Mercedes? The bonnet doesn’t quite look right.
Love Don’s work… great stuff, thanks for posting.
The roof on the VW Bus is interesting, looks like a full size fiberglass cover or replacement panel.
Wonder if it’s designed to pop up or lift off?