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A Photographic Essay Of A Ghost Town In California
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A Photographic Essay Of A Ghost Town In California

Bodie, California is an abandoned mining town east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It is reportedly a ghost town with lots of rich history of sightings and curses. There are still many standing buildings full of things the settlers couldn’t take with them when the gold ran out and they were forced to move on.

Peering into these buildings it’s not hard to imagine the people who inhabited these homes, stores, schools, churches, and saloons. It’s a modern-day Pompeii, the lives of real people covered in a sheet of dust and debris left exactly as they left it so long ago. Bodie is a perfect symbol of the adventurous spirit, of the settlers that traveled across America and the world to chase the dream of a better life. It’s a fascinating place to reflect on life and its heavy material burdens, something we will all shed one day.

With this essay, I wanted to project the spirit that still lives in Bodie, the memory of the warmth of bodies, of families cooking dinner, sitting at the table, taking their child to the store in a stroller, drinking a bottle of beer. I also wanted to touch upon how fleeting life is and that our “spirit of adventure” is truly our best trait as a species and what we will hopefully take with us when we leave this earth.

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Ali Jardine

Ali Jardine

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I make art with my iPhone. @alijardine on Instagram. Say hello- perceptionofbeing@yahoo.com

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Ali Jardine

Ali Jardine

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I make art with my iPhone. @alijardine on Instagram. Say hello- perceptionofbeing@yahoo.com

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SusannaVesna
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many vintage things in there! Would love to take that rocking chair or any of their weird old tools and use them for decoration :) Great photos!

Annie
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always loved seeing photos of ghost towns and so far, these are one of the best ;)

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SusannaVesna
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So many vintage things in there! Would love to take that rocking chair or any of their weird old tools and use them for decoration :) Great photos!

Annie
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always loved seeing photos of ghost towns and so far, these are one of the best ;)

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