Truth Managzine Volume.3

I was really happy to discover today that I have a handful of images from my recent Utah Road Trip published in 'Truth' magazine, Volume three.

Follow the link below to see a preview or buy this excellent photo journal. Many thanks to Richard Payne for his dedication to this magazine - it's wonderful design and layout and brilliant edit. I am in great company there. Truth Vol 3 includes the work of these photographers:

Richard Payne

Michael Cinque

Albert Ruso

Christopher Turner

James Morris

James Guppy

William Rugen

David Blumenkrantz

David Weekes

Jack Hubbell

Jonathan Allen

Paul Russell

Lucia Fische

'Jenny' By Simon Kossoff

Follow this link to preview or order a copy: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/103623

Motels (II): The Most Haunted Places in America

Conway, MO




Moab, UT




Guyman, KS




Santa Fe, NM




Denver, CO

Part Two of my continuing story about Motels.

When I'm traveling I like staying in cheap motels. There's something about them which captures my imagination. I love the atmosphere, the dated and crumbling decor, the buzzing neon signs, the musty smell of the rooms and the people that use them. I love to listen to the stories of those that work in the office. I love the plastic dusty flower displays, stale coffee, the old TV's and faded pictures hanging on the walls. I love the cracked cement parking lots, the broken coke machines and the Bible in the bedside draw with the broken back.

What I love most of all are the dreams I have in the bumpy uncomfortable beds after a day of driving. Laying in the darkness listening to the trucks thundering past on the road outside I think about all the people who have stayed in the very room I am in. I imagine all the things that could have possibly happened and feel the fleeting ghosts of their presence echo around me. In the darkness I contemplate my own flickering sepia place in it's transitory history.

For me they are the most haunting and haunted places in America.

Part one of this series can be found here: http://simonkossoff.blogspot.com/2009/12/motels-most-haunted-places-in-america.html

Los Alamos, NM Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb

La Pura Vida Feature

 

 A few weeks ago Bryan Formhals asked me if he could do a feature about my work at his really excellent photography website La Pura Vida.

This is what he said:

"When I stumble upon photographs like Simon’s I’m energized. This is when the constant looking pays off. He was teaching in Brighton and decided to come to the US, but instead of going to the magnets of NYC, SF or LA, he went to Kansas City. The photographs he produced might be what you’d expect, if they weren’t slightly different. There’s a heavy dose of Americana contained within but he translates his impressions authentically, and with verve. He’s a photographer completely enamored with the landscape in front of his eyes. After years of ignoring photography, middle America has fueled an obsession that we have the privilege of witnessing."

You can view more of Simon’s work on Flickr and through Get the picture agency.

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Founded in 2007, La Pura Vida is an online photography magazine and gallery that features monthly group shows edited by various photographers, as well as a daily blog with regular features, photography news and commentary. Thank you Bryan.