Recapturist https://www.recapturist.com Vintage Neon Sign Photography Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 57305487 The Man Behind the Indianhead https://www.recapturist.com/man-behind-indianhead/ https://www.recapturist.com/man-behind-indianhead/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:30:38 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=3615 This summer I had an opportunity to shoot the Indianhead Motel in Chippewa Falls while on a road trip through Wisconsin with my wife. The large, vintage neon sign that sits out front depicts the head of a Native American adorned in a brightly colored headdress and is in pristine...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/a-sign-legend-in-pine-city/feed/ 6 3559 The Redeeming Qualities of an Eyesore https://www.recapturist.com/the-redeeming-qualities-of-an-eyesore/ https://www.recapturist.com/the-redeeming-qualities-of-an-eyesore/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 21:18:19 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=3514 The clear blue skies inspired me to head out and shoot for the first time in way too long today.  It had been months since I’ve picked up my camera – an almost inexcusable fact, but I mostly blame the inhumane temps that plague Minneapolis during the long winter season....

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/the-redeeming-qualities-of-an-eyesore/feed/ 2 3514 My Three Faves: December 13, 2013 https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131213/ https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131213/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:16:09 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=3432 My Three Faves is a series featuring the three images that stand out most from a particular outing. The setting for this edition of My Three Faves is the Gopher Ordnance Works, a long abandoned WWII munitions plant in Rosemount, MN.  I didn’t learn the full reason for why this...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131213/feed/ 0 3432 My Three Faves: October 1, 2013 https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131001/ https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131001/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2013 01:47:47 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=3235 My Three Faves is a series featuring the three images that stand out most from a particular outing. Late last Sunday afternoon, as I started to mourn the passing of another way-too-short weekend, I decided to try grab my camera and drive around the city.  It was an attempt to...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/my-three-faves-20131001/feed/ 0 3235 The Mysterious Found Envelope https://www.recapturist.com/the-mysterious-found-envelope/ https://www.recapturist.com/the-mysterious-found-envelope/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:20:40 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=3057 My most recent thrift store treasure was something that I have been looking for a while now: a vintage metal file cabinet. It was the size of a standard two-drawer cabinet but the top half was a locker-type space instead of a drawer – and the key was even still...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/south-dakotas-old-highway-16/feed/ 1 2871 On the Trail of the Elkhorn Rooming House https://www.recapturist.com/on-the-trail-of-the-elkhorn-rooming-house/ https://www.recapturist.com/on-the-trail-of-the-elkhorn-rooming-house/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 18:49:08 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=2337 Norfolk, NE – I came upon Norfolk in July of 2011 while driving south between Yankton, SD and Omaha.  This northeastern Nebraska town sits along US Route 81, which was first established in 1926 and is also known as Johnny Carson Boulevard in this part of the country (Johnny Carson’s...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/on-the-trail-of-the-elkhorn-rooming-house/feed/ 2 2337 Exclusive Access to Ferguson’s Motel https://www.recapturist.com/exclusive-access-to-fergusons-motel/ https://www.recapturist.com/exclusive-access-to-fergusons-motel/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:52:26 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=2566 The hours leading up to my then-unclear dinner plans with legendary sign designer Buzz Leming were spent canvasing the forgotten parts of Las Vegas.  Knowing I had just one day free to shoot, I took the early flight out and jumped into a rental car shortly after my arrival.  Under...

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]]> https://www.recapturist.com/exclusive-access-to-fergusons-motel/feed/ 2 2566 Dinner Plans with Buzz Leming https://www.recapturist.com/dinner-plans-with-buzz-leming/ https://www.recapturist.com/dinner-plans-with-buzz-leming/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:21:08 +0000 http://www.recapturist.com/?p=2526 One week before I left for a recent trip to Las Vegas I came across an article about man named Brian “Buzz” Leming, perhaps the last living designer from the golden age of Las Vegas neon. As I read more about him that afternoon, it became obvious to me that...

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