The South Main District, Memphis

I’ve been working on a series of photographs of the South Main St. District in towntown Memphis.  This area of town was the early  industrial and  business center very near the Mississippi River, but in recent years many of the factories and businesses have closed.  Still more recently, the area has become the focus of urban renewal and revitalization.   Factories are being turned into loft condos, and art galleries, coffee shops, and restaurants have moved into the area.  A few factories and industrial-related businesses remain as well.

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Enjoy, Matt

 

Ellis & Sons Iron Works

Yesterday afternoon I spent two hours photographing at Ellis & Sons Iron Works, a foundry in downtown Memphis that dates back to 1862.  I met the owner, who is the great-grandson of the founder, and he gave me free reign to wander through the plant, photographing at will.  The Ellis foundry created a cast for a water purification system that our church is installing in Ghana and Mexico.  Yesterday was the day to test the cast, and I got to go along with my camera.  Enjoy the series. –MTM

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Yosemite. Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra

I just returned from a week in Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra.  While I haven’t completed processing all of the pictures, I have posted 32 of them to my online gallery.  The aspen were not in full color yet, but as you’ll see the smaller ones in the low areas were on their way.  I hope you enjoy these.

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California Central Coast (2009) Gallery

I have completed my gallery of California Central Coast photographs.

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New Mexico (2009) Gallery

I have now thinned out and updated my gallery of New Mexico photographs from the summer of 2009.  If you have viewed my blog/gallery posts over the summer, you will not find any new photographs in these galleries.  Instead, you’ll find the final versions of the better ones from the summer, which I have now processed more carefully than before.  There are 65 black and white photographs and 49 color photographs in the collection.  Enjoy, Matt

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Slideshow of Black & White Photographs

Slideshow of Color Photographs

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