roadside memorials

[davect01]

Happened to stop on the road, (pee break) and noticed these roadside memorials.

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Abandoned battery

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[stillshunter]

Stark, very very stark! Your colour treatment reflects the subject very well.

Thanks for sharing Dave!

 

[Lightmancer]

Interesting stuff. I did a project on roadside memorials a few years ago. There was a spate of RTAs in and around my area and it was fashionable (still is in some quarters) to mark the spot with an impromptu shrine. It felt a little ghoulish, however and quite depressing. I gave up after an exchange with a woman who had lost someone. She came across me photographing her shrine when she came to refresh the flowers. I explained what I was doing and why and apologised for any inadvertent offence. She said quite the contrary, and asked for a print to help her remember.

Regards,

Bill

 

[davect01]

Stark, very very stark! Your colour treatment reflects the subject very well.

Thanks for sharing Dave!

I thought it showed the bleakness well. Being in the desert adds a bit to that as well.

Interesting stuff. I did a project on roadside memorials a few years ago. There was a spate of RTAs in and around my area and it was fashionable (still is in some quarters) to mark the spot with an impromptu shrine. It felt a little ghoulish, however and quite depressing. I gave up after an exchange with a woman who had lost someone. She came across me photographing her shrine when she came to refresh the flowers. I explained what I was doing and why and apologised for any inadvertent offence. She said quite the contrary, and asked for a print to help her remember.

Regards,

Bill

Had not thought about that as a project. I see a few on the raod and it always makes me think for a moment how grateful I am.

 

[davect01]

Another marker that I ran across. Kind of on the lookout now as i drive around.

I also will help clean up the site a bit if needed. This one the flower pot had fallen over.

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[BBW]

Very thought provoking, and sad.

 

[BillN]

France is full of such memorials - indicating the skill, (lack of), of French drivers, (motorists) and the high speeds at which they drive on narrow "country roads"

 

[AzPete]

hey Dave, youre in Arizona? me too. I thought road side memorials were illegal. Guess not, cause I see them all over too.
Well done, thanks for the shots
Pete

 

[davect01]

no idea

hey Dave, youre in Arizona? me too. I thought road side memorials were illegal. Guess not, cause I see them all over too.
Well done, thanks for the shots
Pete

I had never heard this. Here is the most updated info I could find(2007):

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/roomfordebate/State_Roadside_Mem_Laws.pdf

According to this it is illegal in AZ, yet those have been there for a while. Probably one of those things that are illegal, but no one bothers to move/remove them.

 

[AzPete]

yup, thanks. just goes to show you its a touchy thing, moving those memorials....thanks