Where to Begin? - a photo on Flickriver

Where to Begin?

            Wilbur stands in the middle of the Car Forest outside Goldfield, Nevada wondering where to begin taking photographs of the dozens of vehicles buried in the desert dirt. 

Mark Rippie originally came up with the idea and named the place "The International Car Forest of the Last Church."  He recruited artist Chad Sorg to assist him in realizing his dream.  Other artists contributed. 

At one point Rippie's vision included making his forest the automotive competitor to the Burning Man Festival.  He recruited some musicians to perform and burned one of his vehicles but few people attended the event. 

Then Rippie went to federal prison for a couple years starting in 2013 because he denied his history of mental hospitalization and purchased many firearms. Somewhere along the way the Car Forest morphed into an ATV playground while retaining the enigmatic rusting hulks planted in the ground.

Taken in: United States / Nevada / Goldfield (show map)

Taken on: October 14, 2016

Tags:

Goldfield, Nevada

Car Forest

photographer

desert

vehicles

Abandoned

rusting

painted

art

art installation « less

Sets appears in: • Nevada, 2016 • Southwest Trip, Sept & Oct, 2016

Groups appears in: • Nevada • Abandoned Places and Things more » • Cars: Rusty & Abandoned • Photographers with their Subjects « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/5.0, 1/640 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Windows
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