Category Archives: Photography: Travel: USA

Fort Irwin’s Painted Rocks

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Benjamin Simpson

     They went and put the military base in the middle of nowhere, hidden between the low rocky hills and the wide open dry lake beds of the Southern California deserts, probably because they wanted to blow things up in … Continue reading →

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Anchorage in Winter

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

A few days ago a friend mentioned Alaska and photographs, so I went back and looked at some of mine, and thought I would share a few. Downtown Anchorage, with the Chugach Mountains in the background, and the Cook Inlet … Continue reading →

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Anchorage, Alaska: Fur Rondy: True Fur Hats

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 1935, when Anchorage Alaska had a population of 3,000, and winters meant hibernating with a fire and cartloads of wood, there began a festival.     A festival set in February: the dead of snow bound winter.     It was called The … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Katrina Destruction, One Year Later

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006 Cameron and I returned to New Orleans to see the city in which we had both previously lived.     The Ninth Ward, on the other side of the canal from the French Quarter was still complete devastation. The homes … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Voodoo Alley

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 2006, when I returned to New Orleans after a nine year absence, Cameron and I stayed with a friend on the border of the 8th and 9th wards, near the Mississippi River.     Behind her house was an alleyway, this … Continue reading →

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Southern Arizona Photographs

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Benjamin Simpson

After riding north through the center of Mexico, I crossed the border at Douglass Arizona, and headed west, keeping south of the 10 freeway. Here are some of the photographs. Riding along route 80 I happened across the leftovers from … Continue reading →

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