Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Tag: suburbs

single frame: Olaf?

A snowman in a neighbor’s yard.

4 March 2021
single frame: Mail station

The mail station in my subdivision on a snowy day.

2 March 2021
Minolta Maxxum 7000i

A review of Minolta’s 1988 Maxxum 7000i. It’s a well-featured auto-everything 35mm SLR.

4 January 2021
single frame: Lowe’s ascending

Lowe’s poking out between the trees.

31 December 2020
single frame: The backs of houses

Why you see the backs of so many houses in my neighborhood.

3 December 2020
Sandy is resting in her stable

Signs of the pandemic: Meijer has put away the mechanical horses in their stores, for the first time since 1962.

6 April 2020
single frame: The old barn in the city

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7 March 2019
single frame: Reflected vinyl

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17 July 2018
It’s done its job

I had an irrational attachment to my lawn tractor, which was among few of my possessions that survived my divorce. As I prepare to move in with my new wife, whose house has a yard too small for a tractor, I recently sold it. And it didn’t hurt.

7 August 2017
The view from my front door Nikon N2000, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor Kodak T-Max 400 2016 This is what I see when I step out my front door. Except that I see it in color.

9 August 2016
A barn in the city

It stands among vinyl-village suburban subdivisions, this old barn. 25 years ago it was all farm fields out here. But cities inevitably grow outward and swallow up whatever they find along the way. Except this barn and a farmhouse that stands next to it. I’m not sure why; stubborn owner, perhaps. I can just imagine the…

18 May 2016
Sunrise over the Speedway station iPhone 5 2015 While waiting at a stoplight, I stuck my phone through my car’s sunroof to photograph this.

9 February 2016