We did a video interview that will be available here sometime in the future and just had a great time. We decided to get some photos with some of the super fun people in costumes, so we can post-’em here for you!

Everyone had a great time, here’s a photo of everyone from the Scapegoat Publishing table:

And me eating a hot dog!

More on the Pillow case editions soon!

Hi Gang!!

One of the things that makes the MOTEL BIZARRE project so special is the fact that the work is not only fun it is also educational! It’s true, the book MOTEL BIZARRE is chocked full of useful information that the whole family can enjoy!

Take for example the following set of photographs shown here. Let’s play compare and contrast, shall we?

Would you believe that both photo’s are of the same motel? The first photograph is an actual vintage postcard circa 1960. It was given to me by the new owner of the Maple Motel, Mr. Rakesh A. Maiseria, before he told me to get the hell off of his property or he was going to call the cops. Notice how clean the the property appears, the carefully attended to shrubbery, the awesome eye-catching sign, the hot ride parked out front….

Now look at the second photograph. This lovely photo will be appearing in the MOTEL BIZARRE book. I was able to snap it before I “got the hell off of the property.”

You can tell it’s the same place. It has the same name, the same telephone booth, the same cool 50’s awning. Yet something has changed.

What terrible fate caused this to happen to the once prosperous establishment? We may never know… Just let your mind wander… Now that’s the essence of MOTEL BIZARRE in practice.

Now go out and create something!!

XOXOXOX!

`~MOTEL BIZARRE

Hi gang!

The Bizarre Motel project took over 5 years to complete. We crisscrossed this lovely country of ours photographing some of the best examples of 40s-60s motel neon. But, a strange thing happened along the way. The more motels we photographed, the more they disappeared. That is to say that over half of the structures that are contained within the book Motel Bizarre are completely gone! How quickly our landscape changed over this short period of time!
One example is the Edison Motel, located in Edison New Jersey. Two weeks ago that building was the scene of a 4 alarm fire. The fire engulfed 3/4 of the motel rendering the building useless and destroyed. Here are some photo’s we shot on location after the blaze!

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