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A corner of the building away from the highway

A corner of the building away from the highway

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30 Mar 2016 191
Inside, in the dark, there were more pictures

Inside, in the dark, there were more pictures

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30 Mar 2016 196
The balloon contains the words "Mapquest sucks! I am SO lost. Call me when you get this. I'm gonna ask for directions at this farmhouse . . ."
Deep inside the building

Deep inside the building

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30 Mar 2016 205
The "secrets" referred to in the darkened hallway, apparently.
Inside, in the dark, was this

Inside, in the dark, was this

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30 Mar 2016 247
Good thing I had a flashlight (to those of you in Britain, a torch) to illuminate the picture
A typical Real Detective picture

A typical Real Detective picture

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30 Mar 2016 239
Some of them seem to have been painted elsewhere and glued to the building.
Vines and thorn bushes have grown over the pictures

Vines and thorn bushes have grown over the picture…

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30 Mar 2016 206
This image is kind of puzzling

This image is kind of puzzling

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30 Mar 2016 208
The abandoned building is decorated all over

The abandoned building is decorated all over

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30 Mar 2016 166
An alluring theme

An alluring theme

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30 Mar 2016 214
Much of the artwork features women in suggestive poses, police, and shadowy criminals, in the style of the "true crime" magazines of the 1950s and 60s.
Visible only from the train . . .

Visible only from the train . . .

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30 Mar 2016 219
. . . and the train no longer runs. The "real Detective" artist -- who here styled himself the "Rail Detective" -- painted the overpass supports. The work has been defaced by lesser "artists," however.
Side of an abandoned building

Side of an abandoned building

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30 Mar 2016 177
This mural is readily seen from a major U.S. highway, north of Athens, Ohio. But until recently, there was no clue as to who had painted it.
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

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18 Sep 2010 127
Detail from a New York City street picture. These skulls were painted on a sidewalk loading hatch. They called out to my little Leica with 35mm Summicron.
Kuwaitis were happy we liberated them

Kuwaitis were happy we liberated them

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18 Sep 2010 157
In the background is a once-opulent cruise ship that had been ravaged by Saddam's soldiers.
Across the minefield

Across the minefield

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13 Sep 2010 110
on a hillside, Cubans have written their greetings.
Sue must be scary

Sue must be scary

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11 Sep 2010 115
Mamiya 645, normal lens, Tri-X, Microdol-X 1:3
Don't go down there

Don't go down there

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11 Sep 2010 123
Leica M-4, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, Microdol-X 1:3
The Wall

The Wall

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11 Sep 2010 236
Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76