© 2012 Michael Fiveson
I recently made my way over to the local junk yard which I thought might be an opportunity for a few good images. It is fair to say that I was stunned and stopped dead in my tracks by what I found. It is a very large yard (many acres) with cars dating back to the first years they started crashing and falling apart. And there are so many cars with holes in the driver’s window, which could not have been a good thing for the person driving it. This is but one of many images I will be posting as time goes by, and the winter takes me out less frequently.
I feel another great series lining up! I had never thought of it…sort of like street photography, only junk yard photography. Will be waiting with anticipation!
Thanks so much Angeline. I was not sure how this would be received but I do know how excited it all made me. Junk…..who knew!
Wonderful colors in this picture!!
Thank you Jenny!
I love this one Mike, and again…..it’s SO you! Looking forward to this series!
Thank you my friend.
The hole in the windscreen (what we call it here in the UK, I think you call it a windshield) looks to me like it was created by someone’s head. A sad reminder of the lives saved by air bag systems and seat belts.
It looks like a head to me as well. I have many others that look like bullets…..cars from the 40′s…..gangster images.
James I really appreciate the comment.
The rust and oxidation on the door looks almost like a painting. Good stuff, pops.
Thanks Matt.
The rust looks almost bloody… and the awful hole in the windscreen… a great photo and I look forward to more!
Thanks Lois. I’m real happy that this has been well received……I never really know, especially with something this different.
Different, but as with so many of your pictures, it tells a story
And may well be about time, which seems to be something I gravitate toward.
Yes… yes, that’s true!
Junk yards are fascinating. Everybody likes an ample serving of rust and decline in their photos. It’s a change of pace that is interesting to everybody, I think. This is a cool one!
The wooden bed appears to have fared better than the body!
This is really my first experience being in a junk yard. I never got into fixing cars, just breaking them. There is something really comfortable for me there, and all the employees seem really happy. Maybe they will let me be their junk yard dog, and as I get older I can just sit up against one of those cars at night, drinking beer and listening to Hank Williams.
You’ll be singing “I never seen a night so long” right with Hank. Good choice!
Made me laugh.
I was just going to comment on your thoughts about the condition of the bed. You are right, it looks to be in good shape and notice too the tire is also recent. That would suggest that this was somebody’s restoration project before it became junked. Good eye George.
I just KNEW this was your shot before even seeing your name!
LOL. That I like!
Almost looks like blue sky painted on the door, cool shot.
Thanks! Where you been, girl?
I’m back, just posted. Started a new blog with a book my Dad wrote/photographed before he died. All is well, life is better than ever! YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So good to see you again. Your dad’s writing is amazing!
Great colors and textures to be found in the junkyard!
Absolutely.
Junkyards are like magical holy places to me. I like to go in the winter and explore, though, it seems snakes love junkyards, too!
Hi Chloe. Oh I’ll be back and yes I can imagine that a dusting of snow will only make it all prettier.
I would love to have an old classic to work on. I used to play with VW Bugs and Karmann Ghias years ago. I miss hunting for parts. It was always an adventure.
Karmann Ghias were pretty cars in their time. You are more skilled in that regard than I, for sure.
I love the rust bleeding into the faded paint below. Nice man but I do not want to think about the hole in the windshield. Cannot wait for the more to come!
Thanks my jagged brother! I have many images and have just started processing them. I appreciate the comment man.
Hi Mike, I love your photos, as well as the whole concept and design of your blog. Great eye. And thanks for liking my blog
Thanks Robert. I like what I like and in your case it was not hard.
I love “junk”! Not in my yard… but in pictures
Yeah, I have no junk in my yard either
I’ve been wanting to visit our local junk yard for months now. Your photo has inspired me. Fantastic!
Nice! Hope you get as excited there as I did.Thank you.
Thanks for the Hank Williams link… seems fitting today… 9/11 – a lot of lonesome people….
Everyday, but certainly today.
This is a very cool shot Mike! There a lots of hidden treasures in junkyards. In Georgia is a place I would like to go called Old Car City. It’s so popular, they even charge a fee to come in and take photos!
I confess to having many images from that junkyard. It makes me real happy to see the image was so well received. Btw, I was re-looking at your shutterbug page again this evening and I think it is really cool that you were recognized like that.
I look forward to seeing many more images from there. Thanks for looking at it again. I still can’t believe it happened but it makes me feel really good!
Very high praise to recognized nationally like that. You are THAT good Michael.
Thank you so much Mike! It really means a lot to me!
This is so cool. I’m really looking forward to seeing more. I’d love to be able to ramble around in a junkyard.
It is cool, thank you! Many images, some haunting.
Its amazing what people throw out and what people just leave there, for instance how there can be only half of a car. It freaks me right the heck out, but when you get the scrap piled on the scrap, it creates some sort of appealing labyrinth of past marked steel, once living with their original owner.
-David Enabulele
Well said indeed. And thank you, eh.