Some like golf, the beach, gardening, and then there is this.  

Something told me to carry or wear charms of luck that is significant to me today when photographing.  I wore three lucky charms and found this below.  When I started photographing seriously with digital in September 2012, someone had asked me what I like to photograph.  He asked, "What do you photograph?  What is your specialty?"  I didn't find or have an answer at that time.  His wife also explained to him, that I was exploring and learning digital photography, and finding my way.  My answer now, is two genres in order of preference: 1. Urban Risk Archaeology 2. People-Strangers

The neologism {a newly coined term created by me that has not yet been accepted into mainstream language} describing my photography specialty or genre is what I call:  Urban Risk Archaeology.

Urban Risk Archaeology:  Definition:  Photographing abandoned property, buildings, or sites, that were in high usage and of special interest at the time before abandonment and generally have a risk associated with photographing these sites.  This term came to me while I was lying on the loading dock reading the Census book from 1990 that I found. This Census book was in perfect condition, exactly 23 years old, and completely dry and unsoiled.  Pencil and pen marks checking off the residents status was clear as if it was completed yesterday.  I closed the book (yes, left it in the same position) in disbelief.  I forgot that I was even there while reading it, when the sound of thunder reminded me where I was.

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