hicksimages > Fall color in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
hicksimages > Small town business place that has tried several ways to survive - as an inexpensive grocery store, a bar & grill, and as a tire repair service, only to give up and put the building up for sale.  One or more independent minded people tried every way they could to make a success and be their own boss.  Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices left my people on the side of the road and the stories evoked by those structures.
hicksimages > Quaint hand painted sign on front of an abandoned ice cream parlor in rural Oklahoma town.
hicksimages > Images of school life hand painted on side of abandoned school, presumably created by former students, in rural town in Oklahoma.
hicksimages > Rusting, abandoned farm tractor in front of farmer's co-op in small town in rural Oklahoma.
hicksimages > Sign on side of building outside of senior citizens center in rural Ringling, Oklahoma, USA.  "Old Crows Welcome".
hicksimages > Quintessential small town motel, Ringling, Oklahoma, USA.
hicksimages > Gutted diesel pump at an abandoned gas station and restaurant.  Emblematic of the effect of high fuel costs on the economy and the economic crisis of 2008 and beyond.  Black and white with color enhancements.  Part of an ongoing series of black & white images depicting the edifices or other traces left by people on the side of the road, inviting the viewer to imagine the stories evoked by those structures or other mute signs of human presence.
hicksimages > Abandoned Small Business in Rural Oklahoma four years later.
Fall color in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
hicksimages > Fall color in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
Fall color in the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma.
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