Wabi/Sabi
Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept of finding beauty in decay. This is meaningful for me because I look for this very thing when out photographing old decrepit building, bridges and boats.
Here then is a collection of my personal best that illustrates the concept. Each of these images holds a special place in my heart.
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Cotten Gin Ruins
Just a week before this old Gin was torn down and discarded...
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Cotten Gin Ruins
Just a week before this old Gin was torn down and discarded...
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf.myportfolio.com/d5bf2c4b8531a7b4aefa7b69c38340b7/15f5d95fa42f9533cee8c44099856239bd5aff2c435e6763618e2585040ef73ed7b2dceecb5cb3ff_rw_1920.jpg?h=e8f7a1f1736bdf540c13701c253fb8be)
Old House on Moore Farms
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The Boat House on Bald Head Island in Infrared
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Dingy in the sky
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Adams Mill Bridge in Lafayette Indiana
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The Old Iron Bridge
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Old Barn along dirt road and split rail fence
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The Homestead, WV
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Campbells Bridge in North West South Carolina
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"STOP!" A rail road signal in a ghost town in Thurmond, WV
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The Glade Creek Mill. This structure is my most visited mill. Everytime I come here I see something different and new (old)!
![](https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/d5bf2c4b8531a7b4aefa7b69c38340b7/76b4b2e2fe66b57faffb7608ec1990d91933c65e0f3fc6edd1546008c7ca7ba506d709e4ba80871c_rw_1200.jpg?h=1dd5fcf12f8c0be94a5e2e2094290081)
Texaco Once Lived Here...
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House in a cotten field near Englehard, NC
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The French Creek Mill in TN.
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Glade Creek Mill, Babcock State Park, WV
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The ruins of the Cross Eyed Cricket Mill
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Norris Mill
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This was once the Valentine Mill
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The Mingus Mill
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The Gilford Mill
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Foggy morning at Saunookes Mill
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The Hagood Mill in South Carolina
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Detail at the ruins of Hannahs Mill in GA
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The Hammond Mill (twin mill site)
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The Gilbert Mill (Twin Mill Site)
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The Exeter Hollow Mill
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The Hoover Mill, Englewood, OH
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The Hoover Mill, Englewood, OH
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Starrs Mill, GA
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Shelf of Bones at the Wilkerson Mill
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The wheel removed from the Adams Mill in Lafayette IN
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the Adams Mill in Lafayette IN
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Sunken Dingy
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Awash
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The remains of the Charleston Tug
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Rotten Scupper
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Fuga City, High & Dry
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Stormy Seas, clinging to life with double standards in Georgetown, SC
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Fins to the Left....
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M 90mm f/4 Data: f/22 @ 1/6 second on the tripod.
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The Gas Cap…
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 lens, Topaz Impressions: Pointillism 1
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 lens, Topaz Impressions: Pointillism 1
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Oily…
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 90mm lens, Topaz Impressions: Cave Dweller 2
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 90mm lens, Topaz Impressions: Cave Dweller 2