EXQUISITELY BORED IN NACOGDOCHES:
The Photography of Chris Adams

Texas Escapes has always wanted to create a sort of “immediate intimacy” with towns across Texas. The attempt is to capture photos of architecture and artifacts of the past in hope it may bring a memory to a former resident or pique the interest of a reader that has never visited the place in question.

Over the years we would occasionally venture into the world of Flickr – a photographic wonderland where you enter with the heady anticipation of a school field trip but emerge pleasantly battered.

Our infrequent visits to Flickr were infrequent for that very reason. But each time we emerged from Flickr, one name stuck with us. Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches. We naturally noticed very familiar themes with EBIN, but there was something else about the array of signage, defunct businesses and forgotten streets. Something beyond the quality of a good photograph. Something we couldn’t quite put a finger on.

When you look at the work of Chris Adams, notice the care that is taken to show the subject in a favorable light. It’s more than good composition – it’s giving dignity to the subject, inanimate though it might be.