Capturing the Abandoned

What a Treat! In this episode of Capturing the Abandoned, Lex and Vincent had the honor and pleasure to interview Miss Vivian MacKenzie from Russell, Manitoba Canada. @vivian_lee_mackenzie

Vivian grew up on the Manitoba Prairies where she has always had an appreciation for the backroads and open fields because that is where you could find her playing. She finds repurposing old things always comes  naturally to her, whether it ...

Lex and Vincent had the pleasure of interviewing Martin Hogan of Grand Rapids Michigan. Martin’s passion for the abandoned photography started way back when traveling the backroads of Michigan in his youth with his mother and while riding in the school bus to and from school.

Martin currently shoots with a Canon 5D and uses a couple of prime lenses and is an avid and proficient user of Adobe Lightroom and photoshop. Martin has amas...

EP-15 Capturing the Abandoned Vincent St. Xavier

In this episode of Capturing the Abandoned, we have the honor to chat with Vincent St. Xavier, a medical courier out of Castle Rock, Colorado. With his job he has ample opportunities to travel the backroads over a large area of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas. On his travels he discovers and documents an amazing amount of abandoned locations and shares them on instagram and ...

In this episode, we have the extreme pleasure to interview James Peterman and Kyle Brook of Ruin Road fame on instagram. In this episode, we are honored to have with us Kyle Brooky and Jimmy Peterman, and together they are Ruin Road.

This duo, each is specialized in his own talents, Kyle mostly doing the pictures and works on book publishing, while James is the guy behind the video and their extensive YouTube video portfolio. Toget...

In this episode, we have the extreme pleasure to interview Miss Pattie of @pattiecakes1212 fame on instagram. Pat lives in Austin Texas and due to her employment, where she works for a non-profit that helps put people with disabilities to work, she is afforded the opportunity to travel quite a bit and this allows her to find and capture the amazing images that she posts on her instagram feed. She is a mother and blessed to be the g...

EP-12 Capturing the Abandoned With Jeremy Clodfelter

Jeremy @inthebluffs was born and raised in Las Animas, Colorado. LA (as we like to call it) and is very near the confluence of the Arkansas and Purgetorie rivers. This little town is situated about half way between were Lex lives in Rocky Ford and where I live in Lamar. Jeremy left Las Animas after high school, attended college at UNC in Greely, CO, married his best friend and go...

EP-10 Capturing the Abandoned With Gina Simonetti

In this episode we have the distinct pleasure to interview and feature the young and talented Miss Gina Simonetti of @ruralrevivals who hales from Lockport Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Gina thoughtfully shares with us, her love and passion for the abandoned. She enjoys her road trips to the country to explore and capture more images for her gallery, takes in a car show when she ca...

Show Notes

EP-9 Capturing the Abandoned With Miss Jill

We are truly honored to feature and interview Miss Jill of @alluring_epiphany She was born and raised in Historic Roebling New Jersey where she still calls home. Jill has a wonderful sense of humor and a keen eye for the unusual which she shows us via her beautiful images on instagram. She is an Electrical Designer by day and a Hub operator by night. Jill is an artist as well, ...

EP-8 Capturing the Abandoned With Messmore

We are honored to have Amy Messmore from Peoria Illinois with us on this episode of Capturing the Abandoned. Amy currently works as a steamfitter (think pipefitter) and her instagram handle is @ticondog

In this episode we ask our guest Amy Messmore our usual questions along with a few others. 

• A little background and 411
• How did you get into this type of photography?
• What is ...

EP-7 Capturing the Abandoned With Kyle Wilson

We are honored to have Kyle Wilson from Selma North Carolina of Left Behind Photography with us on this episode of Capturing the Abandoned. He worked in the IT industry for a while and is now a full time artist and does between 35 to 40 shows a year, all up and down the east coast - Kyle is a big proponent of the HDR imaging process. His instagram handle is @leftbehindphotography 

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EP-6 Capturing the Abandoned With Laura S.

In this episode we are honored to interview Laura S. who currently resides in north central North Carolina. 

Adversity has not been a stranger to this lady.. She has survived divorce, depression, cancer and the loss of an estranged family member to PTSD. But Laura has a healing passion for capturing the abandoned and for getting behind the pictures she takes to discover the people who...

EP-5 Capturing the Abandoned With Jill Koop

In this episode, we have by request - several of them, the esteemed honor and pleasure to have Miss Jill Koop, a fellow abandoned explorer and our first International guest on the show with us. 

Hello Jill and welcome to the show!

In this episode we ask our guest Jill our usual questions along with a few others. 

• A little background and 411
• How did you get into this type ...

EP-4 Capturing the Abandoned With Francesca Catalini

In this episode, we have the esteemed honor and pleasure to have Francesca Catalini, a fellow abandoned explorer on the show with us. She finds beauty in the abandoned and is drawn to the places she captures and stories they hold. Her instagram handle is @sierra_winds.

In this episode we ask our guest Francesca Catalini our usual questions along with a few others. 

• A l...

EP-3 Capturing the Abandoned With Cyndie Smith

In this episode we have the distinct pleasure of interviewing Cyndie Conner Smith - @cyndie.smith & @technigrime on Instagram.

We ask Cyndie our usual questions along with a few others. 

- A little background and 411
- Where are you located?  
- How did you get into this type of photography?
- What is your favorite subject(s) to shoot?
- What equipment do ...

Capturing the Abandoned Episode 2

An Interview with Vincent David Johnson of Lost Americana

Music Bed (Just Traveling) by Lex Nichols of Sand Creek Records - visit his website at https://lexnichols.com/

Welcome to Capturing the Abandoned, A foray into the world of rural and urban abandoned exploration!

Hello my name is Vincent Gearhart and along with my co-host Lex Nichols, I would like to welcome you to Episode 2 of Capturing the ...

Capturing the Abandoned Episode 1
An Interview with Jackson Faulkner

Intro

Welcome to Capturing the Abandoned, A foray into the world of Rural and Urban Abandoned Exploration!

Hello my name is Vincent Gearhart and I want to welcome you to the first real episode of Capturing the Abandoned. Yes, this is Episode One! 

As mentioned in the introductory episode, this show in an extension of Colorado Abandoned, an art project, th...

Welcome to Capturing the Abandoned, A foray into the world of rural and urban exploration!

Hello my name is Vincent Gearhart and I want to welcome you to our introductory show of Capturing the Abandoned. 

Here is a quick look at what this show will be about.

This show in an extension of Colorado Abandoned, a visual art project that was created by my good friend Lex Nichols and myself to explore, document and share our unique i...