"Not All Who Wander Are Lost"
----Bumper-sticker seen in Charleston, South Carolina
I'm a rare critter known as a Native New Mexican, and usually found standing on a street corner with a cardboard sign that reads "WILL WORK FOR FILM". A permanently constipated writer (but still obsessive bookworm) who got into photography in a bass ackwards way, I discovered a viewfinder could do the job without a dreaded blinking cursor on a blank screen. Now I suffer from diarrhea of the shutter-button finger.
My life's goal is to visit and photograph in all fifty states in the U.S.. When I've done that, then I'll get a passport. While I'll do the obligitory tourist thing, my primary interest is along the backroads far off the tourist routes. Cities are beautiful, but the heart is in those tiny towns and lonely roads.
visited 23 states (46%)Create your own visited map of The United States or another interesting project
I happen to think I'm lucky enough to have some of the most talented photographers on flickr (or anywhere else, for that matter) as contacts. They inspire me every day. Please check them out.
Some of my images are for sale as fine art prints at:
www.jwoodphoto.imagekind.com
jwoodphoto's favorite photos from other Flickr members (16,844)
Contacts (305)
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bob simari
Bob Simari
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carsofabq (Ringo)
No real name given
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PhotosOfNewMexico
Allen Maestas
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the Gallopping...
Gary Tucker
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Thomas W.P. Slatin...
Thomas Slatin
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moosebite
JR Goodwin
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RedArt...
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Madrid Miner
Michael Roedel
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Katie Mathy
Katie Mathy
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bob merco
bob merco
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johngpt (see you...
John Guarino
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CaZen
Tony Klesert
Groups (50)
- Abq. ATSF Rail Yard/Sheds 609 photos, 51 members
- Death of the Service Station 1326 photos, 300 members
- Ghost Towns 11151 photos, 1849 members
- Train Stations - the older the better 12620 photos, 1877 members
- Texas -The Lone Star State - Tejas - TX - All The Great Views 34021 photos, 1519 members
- Rail Runner of New Mexico 291 photos, 33 members
- New Mexico In Black And White 356 photos, 40 members
- Route 66 New Mexico 108 photos, 4 members
- New Mexico Film Photographers 151 photos, 26 members
- VINTAGE CAFE SIGNS ONLY ! 1320 photos, 562 members
- Decayed yet Hauntingly Beautiful 43268 photos, 5181 members
- Route 66 Albuquerque 235 photos, 60 members
- Western Decay 233 photos, 29 members
- Industrial Decay 57238 photos, 6158 members
- Rusty Cars 10180 photos, 1640 members
- Junkers -n- Classics (OLD CARS TRUCKS,TRACTORS,BOATS,AIRPLANES , 36277 photos, 2816 members
- Carmageddon 8718 photos, 757 members
- Motel & Hotel Signs 11056 photos, 1026 members
- New Mexico Thunderstorms 548 photos, 151 members
- New Mexico State Fair/NM Expo 453 photos, 47 members
- abandoned new mexico 406 photos, 78 members
- NAM: The North American Monsoon 62 photos, 17 members
- Turquoise and Rust 187 photos, 100 members
- 50's and 60's Motels 2389 photos, 246 members
- *Landscapes of the West* 1011 photos, 102 members
- Dunes 3678 photos, 574 members
- The American Roadside 17414 photos, 755 members
- New Mexico Signs 1179 photos, 101 members
- Utah 20342 photos, 1329 members
- Rural Darkness 6387 photos, 913 members
- US Highway - Route 66 = The Mother Road Route66 9150 photos, 652 members
- Quality Abstracts 11367 photos, 5655 members
- Lost America 1588 photos, 125 members
- Gas Pumps & Stations 3516 photos, 678 members
- TRUCKS-OLD-RUSTY-TRUCKS! 3786 photos, 541 members
- Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2594 photos, 382 members
- Albuquerque BioPark 957 photos, 96 members
- Albuquerque Old Town 599 photos, 103 members
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument 219 photos, 39 members
- Abandonded Gas Stations 2122 photos, 480 members
- Enchanted Expanses - New Mexico Skies 1621 photos, 142 members
- Petroglyph National Monument & Volcano Park. Albuquerque 112 photos, 18 members
- The Look of Southwest 8255 photos, 609 members
- Albuquerque Signs 878 photos, 102 members
- Any Derelict Building 40650 photos, 2501 members
- VINTAGE MOTEL SIGNS ONLY! 16600 photos, 3216 members
- "Blue Highways" 972 photos, 75 members
- Off the Interstate USA 23301 photos, 603 members
- Red Rock Country 4922 photos, 455 members
- Mount St. Helens 1742 photos, 315 members
Testimonials (6)
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James Edward Creamer says:
"from her photos i feel like we love the same aspects of new mexico. an amazing photographer."
17th August, 2008
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The Eleven says:
"I have never known such an excellent photographer. Someday I hope to rise to her imaging standards. I will say that she has taught me a lot about my own photography. It makes me happy to hear her comments and see what images of mine she favorites. I aspire to be as adventerous as she in my photographic journeys. Thanks for your images and insight jwood."
7th June, 2008
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tollerSCREAM says:
"Her photography takes my breath away... I like to wait to visit, so that I can completely lose myself in her photos, her landscape, and her gorgeous colors - for extended periods of time..."
2nd July, 2007
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Storm_Catcher says:
"Some of the best photos of Southwest USA on Flickr. Wonderful range, style, vision and imagination."
26th June, 2007
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taylorkoa22 says:
"I have seen the TRUTH and it is J....Some of the most profound images you will see on flickr come from this photographer....The photos have been thought-out and captured so well that just looking at them makes me want to quit....See for yourself and do not skip a page.
She is what I want to be when I grow up :-) It is those quiet ones that you have to watch out for....They are deadly with a camera"4th June, 2007
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Mark Griffith says:
"J - Wood
Who knows her real name? Who knows what she really looks like? (Apparently she(?) is not bitten by the narcissistic bug that buzzes around so many people with a camera)
Regardless and besides the point, her photos evoke the south west, the light, the open space, the rock and the expanse. They make me ache for the dry air and the dessert sky. I live amidst the green, which I love, but I long to return to the quiet places that are captured so eloquently in jwoodphoto's stream."8th April, 2007
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