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[35mm Ohio] Our Lady of Ohio

I loaded up on water and fuel at a dilapidated BP where the service was friendly, but the bathroom less so.

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[35mm Ohio] The Great Dome Of Materials Park

After leaving the abandoned observatory, I made my way to the “World’s Largest Open Air Geodesic Dome” east of Cleveland.

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[35mm Ohio] Warner And Swasey Observatory

I don’t quite remember how I first heard about this place or when I first added it to my map of potential locales to photograph for this project. Although the history and photography of abandoned places were the genesis behind this website, it had been awhile since I’d done any substantial urban exploration work…

Ronny Salerno 4/12/20 Ronny Salerno 4/12/20

[35mm Ohio] A Barn, a Cheesebarn, a Beetle, a Bridge, and a Bomb

Views along the roadside documented on a few recent trips with a Pentax K1000 and Kodak Ultramax 400.

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Coffee (and Love) in the Time of Corona

Photographs and thoughts made between March 12, 2020 and March 30, 2020.

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[35mm Ohio] The Rubber Bowl with Kodak

A few weeks ago, I stopped to photograph and explore the abandoned, half-demolished Rubber Bowl stadium in Akron. The story I wrote about it was produced with digital photographs, but I also managed to shoot some 35mm while there.

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October 2019 - March 2020

Favorite photographs made between the end of October 2019 and the beginning of March 2019 that didn't necessarily have a place in a larger story or post, made with the real camera and phone camera.

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Fading Ads of (Surf) Cincinnati

This sign is a bit different than those found in the book with a similar name to this post, but it meets the basic criteria. It also has some personal significance.

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[35mm Ohio] Celina, Cincinnati, and Annie Oakley’s Cemetery

Coming back from Fort Wayne, Indiana and following routes similar to what my pal Nate and I had been traveling on a few weeks earlier in Northwest Ohio + around Cincinnati.

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Rubber Bowl Sunday

When I decided to head to Cleveland this weekend, I didn’t realize that it was the same weekend as the Super Bowl. Not that it was a problem, I wasn’t too concerned.

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Fort Wayne

After a quick pass through of Fort Wayne in 2018, I wrote: “[this trip has been] another reminder that, despite all the times I've been to Fort Wayne in my life, I need to make a better effort to spend more time exploring that city. It's a great place in the Midwest.”

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21C

Stayed at the 21c Museum Hotel in Downtown Cincinnati recently, electing to spend our anniversary/New Year’s Eve as a “staycation” in the Queen City instead of traveling elsewhere.

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[35mm Ohio] Final Roll of Film For 2019

I started shooting film again in 2018, but things really picked up this year. To date, I’ve traveled ~5,889.9 miles in my car and friends' cars (along with countless miles walked/biked) while running around the state for various things—shooting along the way when I can make time.

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[35mm Ohio] Southern Ohio and Springdale

Minolta XD-11 with Fuji Superia 400.

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[35mm Ohio] Burgers, Beetles, Beer, and Ironton

Northwest and southern portions of the state via a Minolta XD-11 and Kodak Ultramax 400.

Ronny Salerno 12/11/19 Ronny Salerno 12/11/19

Technique2012

The man behind Cincinnati’s “cinematic street art.”

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[35mm Ohio] Clayton, Greenville, North Star, Celina, and The Temple of Tolerance

On the road with a Minolta XD-11 and roll of Kodak Ultramax 400.

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West Virginia

My friend Ryan wanted to take a weekend trip to Charleston, West Virginia and then swing through other parts of that state, Kentucky, and Ohio before heading home. He was kind enough to invite me along.

And then kind enough to tolerate me as I kept getting car sick, had delayed us initially, and had brought us to a terrible truck stop diner.

He’s a great friend.

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Camden Park - May 18, 2008

During a recent trip through West Virginia, Ryan and I stopped to make a few photographs of Camden Park. Already closed for the season, the quick detour got me thinking about some older images from a visit to the park over ten years ago and how this place intersected with several other QC/D stories/elements of my work over the years.

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[35mm Ohio] Ariel-Foundation Park

With a Minolta XD-11 and Kodak Ultramax 400.