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August 22, 2010 Aerial

On our flight to Los Angeles a few months ago, my boyfriend surrendered his window seat to me and I managed to take a good amount of photos of the breathtaking landscape of the American West. The desert landscape is surprisingly diverse, with its mountains, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and sporadic oases. It’s a flight I never get tired of making.

The below photos I managed to capture with my Digital Rebel and ƒ1.8 50mm lens. The blue gradient towards the top is a result of the window tinting of the plane. The only post-processing involved was some contrast and color correction to add more red and yellow.

Canyon

Intersection

Mountains and sand

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August 16, 2010 Marfa Part 3 | Prada & Austin Street Cafe

Finally, I’ve made it to the third and final installment of my Marfa travelog! Here are the second and first parts in case you missed them.

Shortly after visiting Squeeze, we drove out to the Marfa Prada boutique, located about 30 minutes west of Marfa, and about 2 miles west of a dejected town called Valentine, Texas. I’ve known about the Marfa Prada piece for a while, so seeing it in person was a bit surreal and much more of an experience than seeing it online or in photos. The Prada boutique is actually an art installation, aptly situated in the middle of nowhere, accessible only after passing through a small town that is literally falling apart. The store is stocked with actual Prada merchandise, I believe from the 2005 collection.

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August 11, 2010 Marfa Part 2 | the Hotel Paisano and Squeeze

Despite Marfa’s small size, with a population of about 2000, the town is famous throughout the country for its food, art, and oddities. Although we didn’t get to do everything, we did manage to check a number of things off of our checklist (including the Marfa lights mentioned in the last post).

As soon as we settled in, we visited the Hotel Paisano. Built in 1930, the Hotel Paisano’s architecture celebrates a classical Western style. In 1955, the hotel rose to fame when Warner Bros. decided to film Giant in Marfa, and chose the Hotel Paisano as the location at which all of the stars, including James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, were to stay.