***First, one quick reminder: as always, you can click anywhere on an image to make the image viewer window go fullscreen. Yes, it’s tiny otherwise.***
Since moving out to Largo a couple months ago, I’ve been… adjusting. Largo is most definitely a suburb, and it’s the farthest I’ve been from DC while still considering myself, well, in DC. It’s a strange mix of McMansions, outlet malls, condo-fortresses, and modest frame homes that look like they’ve been here a bit longer than the rest. Sometimes I see one wide, residential street too many and almost believe I’m back in Champaign.
I have to admit, there’s a lot I’m not fond of in Largo. But even so, as the city’s oddities have started to reveal themselves, some things have grown on me. In any case, I decided to take up the challenge of documenting the normality. And, to do it in a way that might just make someone look twice at an innocuous drainage ditch or a faux-stone facade. I’m not sure whether I’ve succeeded in this task, but wandering around the neighborhood with my camera has been my only ward against stir-craziness amidst plague times.
I have a few shots in color to upload as well, but I decided to save those for another post. I kind of think these ones here are better standing alone.
Thanks also to the men in the two portrait photos who stopped me and asked me to take their pictures. Y’all make good models.
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These are excellent photographs. Brava!