Darmstadt Road

Mullica Township, NJ

Unlike Bill, I like to sometimes get in the car and just drive. I like stopping along the way and taking photographs. Today it is getting harder to do that. I work as a police dispatcher and I'm amazed at the number of people who get upset of someone taking photos in the neighborhood. I've had calls of older couples walking down the road taking photos, a woman with long blond hair shooting a picture of the local expressway or a man in a car shooting a photo of a house (that happened to us right after we bought our current home). You can't shoot photos of bridges in one town and we were once asked not to photograph the inside of a railroad station. We weren't but the police officer was taking no chances. It is a shame that we have become so afraid of one another. That's why I treasure the images I have now. They are moments in our lives.

This image of two mailboxes is so country. I was out in the car about 10 years ago and came on this scene. New Jersey is one of the most densely populated states. So when I can find a scene that screams rural country I want to save it forever on film.