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Things Left in a Parking Lot, San Diego (2018-Current) • A few people linger around the edge of the strip mall, smoking cigarettes while waiting for the casino bus. I walk past them and up a short dirt incline between scrappy bushes to enter the nearly empty parking lot. An old man from the sprawling Korean market slowly collects shopping carts left in a myriad of places and positions. I begin wandering along the rows of parking spaces while seagulls fly quietly above, sometimes gliding down to pick at leftover food containers. If I happen to catch the old man’s attention we will wave hello from our unique trajectories around the parking lot. Things Left in a Parking Lot - is an ongoing series which documents what has been left in a single strip mall lot from the days and nights before. Parking lots are a ubiquitous feature of Southern California’s densely populated landscape, where we temporarily store the machines so weaved into our existence here.They are created by suffocating the nature below and transforming the land into a space of ceaseless transience. Within the flux of this environment, fragments of life often spill onto the asphalt, where they reside temporarily before being blown, swept, crushed or carried away. What intrigues me is how the objects interact with the environment and the unknown stories surrounding their temporary presence.

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Figurine

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Orange in a Bag

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Balloon String

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Piece of Wrapping Paper

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Santa Outfits

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Half a Clementine

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Flag Cup

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Melted McDonalds Tray

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Unwrapped Wine

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Bow

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Equation

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Powder Pads

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Sunflower Seeds

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Three Tissues

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Paint Tests and Toothpick

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Deflated Balloon

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Pink Straw

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Chopped Watermelon

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Tiara

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Eye Card

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Blue Ball

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Broken Spoon

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Quart of Oil

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Blue Comb

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Candy Cane

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Checkered Tie

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Pile of Rice

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Cross Chain

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Insole Excess and Floss

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USB Cable

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Card Game

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Melting Lollipop

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Fluff

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Broken Art

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Painted Shoes Outline

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