Thoughts and Works in Progress

Friars Point, Mississippi

It can be difficult to find a place in the Delta where you can go sit, down by the riverside... What is: Mississippi River at Friars Point What was: Founded in 1836 along the Mississippi River, Friars Point was once the largest cotton…

Roadside Sign, Mississippi

Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Roadside America Photo Series

Sometimes there is no story...a sign on Highway 278, Clarksdale towards Oxford. Alone and on the road

The Sound at the Drive In Movies

Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Roadside America Photo Series

What is: the Drive In movie sound system What was: The concept for the first drive-in movie business originated with one man in the late 1920s. Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr. came up with the concept of watching movies from one’s car. He…

Teepee Curios, Route 66, Tucumcari, NM

Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Roadside America Photo Series

What is: Teepee Curios, Route 66, Tucumcari, NM. A concrete wigwam fused into the front of a souvenir shop. What was: Part of the magical tapestry of Route 66, the Teepee Curios building opened as a Gulf gas station in 1944. In 1948 it was…

Mound Bayou and Cotton

Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Scarred Places Photo Series

What is: Cotton Gins at Mound Bayou, Mississippi What was: Mound Bayou, in the Mississippi Delta was founded in 1887 by former slaves, with a vision to be a self-reliant, autonomous, all-black community. For decades, it thrived and…

Beauty in photographs and the positive impact on our lives

Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog

Dug deep into the photo archives for images for the monthly newsletter published today. In this edition, I took a look at beauty in photography and the benefits those images can have on our lives. You can read more here. You can also subscribe…

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