I have just posted a new collection of images that can be found in my Pages section. This selection is of gasoline containers found in context at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. All theses containers reached here by floating down or with the Ohio River. I find there is a certain level of irony represented in these images since they underscore how important fossil fuels are to us and that a container used to specifically hold this precious liquid should happen to wash up at a site that is famous for its fossils. Civilizations rise and fall with their ability to harness energy and we have decided to hang our star on fossil fuels. For now, I’ll leave it at that and let it join my other eccentric collections that are gifts and lessons from the river.
I come across and photograph enough of these gasoline containers that they form a subcategory of objects that I pay attention to. Gasoline is such a sign of the times that it seems particularly relevant. Where do these containers come from? I have never found one that still had gas in it. Because plastic is made from petroleum, as is gasoline, does putting gas into these containers become a redundant act?
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