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| Near the Thurston County Food Bank, Thurston Avenue, December 2025 |
I like to wander around looking for urban (and rural) decay and the detritus of our modern consumer society. Olympia, Washington, is not as rich with subjects as Jackson, Mississippi, or other southern cities, but one can find material here.
Olympia Downtown
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| Unused tracks and view of Thurston County Food Bank (Hasselblad 501CM camera, 250mm ƒ/5.6 Sonnar lens) |
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| No camping on Chestnut Street, but some swine left a bag of trash. |
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| Black cat and mold |
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| Parking lot off Columbia Street NW |
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Parking lot off Columbia Street NW (Ilford XP2 film, Pentax 28mm ƒ/3.5 shift lens, yellow filter) |
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| 4th Avenue near Plum Street |
West Bay
West Bay Drive passes along unused former industrial land. There is one city park and unused flat terrain that once was occupied by Hardel plywood and Reliable Steel.
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Former Reliable Steel shed, 1218 West Bay Drive (Fuji Acros II film, 35mm ƒ/2.8 Pentax-A lens) |
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| Free office chair |
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"Pacific Titan" crane barge moored at Port of Olympia (Fuji Acros II film, Pentax MX camera, 50mm ƒ/1.4 Pentax-M lens) |
Tumwater
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| Cars painted here? |
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Former Olympia Brewery (Kodak T400CN film, Pentax MG, 35mm ƒ/2.8 Pentax-A lens, med yellow filter) |
This is the former Olympia Brewery ("It's the Water"). Year after year, these ugly tan buildings molder away in the Deschutes River valley. Who will ever use these buildings again?
Skokumchuck
When I bike on the Chehalis Western trail, I often stop at the Monarch Sculpture Park for a rest and drink. Immediately north of the park, railroad tracks end in the woods. For months, these petroleum tank cars loomed over the bike trail.
I took these photographs with Kodak Panatomic-X (120 size), Kodak T400CN, Ilford XP2, and Fuji Acros II films using Leica, Pentax, and Hasselblad cameras.
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