I took an evening walk in a small southwestern Ontario town the other day.  I saw the usual things you’d see in any town:Well manicured lawns, cars in the driveways, houses old and new.  I came across an old abandoned gas station.  I don’t know how long it’s been closed, judging by the stuff inside the station, maybe only a few years if that.  The building is degrading, there are rotting cars on the lot, and then pumps are falling apart.  I don’t know if they’re falling victim to vandals or just time.

As I was shooting these photos, drawn by the theme of urban decay and machinery, I had a thought.  What if there came a day when all gas pumps looked like this?  Decrepit and broken.  Unused and unneeded.  Replaced by some other wonderful technology which will claim to solve all our problems.  That is until it’s discovered that its just as bad as what we had before.