georgia, tennessee, mississippi, arkansas, oklahoma, texas and back

so my friend matt kern and i went to texas. i am shooting my thesis, now, from texas to california as we follow a dust bowl refugee who travels westward to find work. we spent five days out on the road and we saw some amazing things. par examplay [french..]:

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[camera shy dog]

[also a theory: he is dying]

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[cheap gas]

[record low on trip: $1.85]

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[then your average school bus pulling the pt cruiser]

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[me and bob. my grandpop]

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[and some quality time with ol’ woody guthrie]

[we from the same town, of course, in case you were not aware]

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[and matt, embracing the culture]

and what we actually came for… the landscape.

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altogether a fantastic/worthwhile trip. i never want to do it again. oh, forgot, doing it in like three weeks. the movie is ‘THE EARTH IN THE AIR’.

knock your socks off good.

husband / father / filmmaker

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