Ronny Salerno 11/3/21 Ronny Salerno 11/3/21

LEGO: Kings Waffle

I don’t like Waffle House, I like a specific Waffle House. And I recreated it with LEGO.

Ronny Salerno 10/23/21 Ronny Salerno 10/23/21

Coming to Grips in a Ghost Town

There comes a point when your past begins to be seen solely as experience. The emotional weight isn’t entirely gone, but the punch it packs becomes weaker—the memories starting to carry new significance whether they were painful or proud.

Ronny Salerno 10/12/21 Ronny Salerno 10/12/21

Middletown, Ohio’s Towne Mall

I’ve written about several “dead malls” before, but I didn’t personally know Middletown’s.

Tyler and Jordan did, though.

Ronny Salerno 10/4/21 Ronny Salerno 10/4/21

CVG September 26, 2021

Some days you just wanna watch airplanes.

Ronny Salerno 9/11/21 Ronny Salerno 9/11/21

Portrait of Walter Oka

Photographs made for a 91.7 WVXU/Cincinnati Public Radio story as the 20th anniversary of the September 11 Attacks approached.

Ronny Salerno 9/9/21 Ronny Salerno 9/9/21

Stricker’s Grove 2021

A tiny amusement park in the cornfields of Southwest Ohio captured on 35mm film.

Ronny Salerno 9/7/21 Ronny Salerno 9/7/21

The Starglow Drive-In Theatre

Even if you didn’t bask in the glow of the screen on that warm, July 1955 opening night—there’d be other chances. About three decades worth of opportunities to take in a film at Middletown, Ohio’s “all new, spacious” Starglow Drive-In Theatre.

Ronny Salerno 8/17/21 Ronny Salerno 8/17/21

ColorPlus 1

The perfect film stock for Midwestern summers.

Ronny Salerno 8/10/21 Ronny Salerno 8/10/21

Cincy on CineStill

Tried out some “motion picture film for still photographers” around the Queen City.

Ronny Salerno 7/27/21 Ronny Salerno 7/27/21

Home

Moved back to Cincinnati a few months back and finally got my apartment set up the way I wanted it/into a space I enjoying existing in—so I made some photographs.

Ronny Salerno 6/23/21 Ronny Salerno 6/23/21

Alameda Swap Meet and LA’s Chinatown

A walk around two Los Angeles icons.

Ronny Salerno 6/19/21 Ronny Salerno 6/19/21

Downtown LA and MacArthur Park

I didn’t ride the Angels Flight funicular railway, but I did take the subway up to McArthur Park.

Ronny Salerno 6/16/21 Ronny Salerno 6/16/21

California City

Dotted by roads to nowhere, aircraft graveyards, and a dried up waterfall—California City was once envisioned to rival Los Angeles. As schemes continued well into the 21st Century, was it all too good to be true? A podcast inspired me to go have a look.

Ronny Salerno 6/13/21 Ronny Salerno 6/13/21

Santa Monica and Playa Del Rey

Under the boardwalk, bird feeding, two beaches, an engagement, and a decent calzone.

Ronny Salerno 6/9/21 Ronny Salerno 6/9/21

Venice

Stayed a few days in Venice, CA. 35mm and digital shots from around this wonderful, warm place.

Ronny Salerno 6/5/21 Ronny Salerno 6/5/21

The Theme Building/Plane Watching at LAX

As 2020 ended and 2021 began, I was in California. That’s a longer story for another day, though. In the mean time, for the next few posts over the next few weeks, some photographs made around Los Angeles with a quick detour into the desert.

Ronny Salerno 5/26/21 Ronny Salerno 5/26/21

Phoenix

The end of a trip out west.

Ronny Salerno 5/19/21 Ronny Salerno 5/19/21

Dec. ‘20 - March ‘21 on Kodak Gold

Being a tourist with a Canon Autoboy II.

Ronny Salerno 5/9/21 Ronny Salerno 5/9/21

Documenting The West End Stadium

A visual record of FC Cincinnati’s new home. How the venue appeared before its grand opening.

Ronny Salerno 4/22/21 Ronny Salerno 4/22/21

Orlando

A tour of Orlando's off-beat and off-brand tourist attractions inspired by the 2017 film, The Florida Project. I prefer to sip my alcoholic beverages from hollowed out pineapples.