Ronny Salerno 8/30/13 Ronny Salerno 8/30/13

Operation Skywatch and the Outpost of Cairo, Indiana

"Our greatest hopes for peace lie in being so strong and so well prepared that our enemies will not dare attack. Every citizen who cooperates in "Operation Skywatch" as well as in other defense activities, is helping prevent the war none of us wants to happen."

- President Harry S. Truman, July 12, 1952.

Ronny Salerno 8/28/13 Ronny Salerno 8/28/13

Parking Lot Putting Greens

Amongst the blacktop, a small sea of green.

Ronny Salerno 8/27/13 Ronny Salerno 8/27/13

[Suburbia Lost] Rally's - Sharonville

Known as "Checker's" for some, "Rally's" for others - you can't hide what this building used to be under neutral gray paint.

Ronny Salerno 8/20/13 Ronny Salerno 8/20/13

[Suburbia Lost] Putt 'N' Stuff Fantasy Land

The abandoned ticket booth to a miniature golf course that is long overgrown and abandoned behind a gas station just outside of Knoxville, TN. Found while on a recent trip down south.

Ronny Salerno 8/19/13 Ronny Salerno 8/19/13

Atlanta

Images made while recently visiting Atlanta, Georgia.

Ronny Salerno 8/13/13 Ronny Salerno 8/13/13

The Forgotten Fairways of Fairfield

Since the 19th century, the sport of golf has been a staple of American culture. These days, golf courses are as common in the suburbs as Starbucks and McDonalds. Entire subdivisions and neighborhoods are built around them, but what happens when a course closes and is left abandoned? Can you even tell? Does it even matter?

Ronny Salerno 8/12/13 Ronny Salerno 8/12/13

Signs of the Streetcar as Seen in Atlanta

Love it or hate it, Cincinnati's modern streetcar project finally broke ground last year after being upheld by voters twice. Meanwhile, several other American cities, such as Atlanta, are also building modern streetcar lines.

Ronny Salerno 7/23/13 Ronny Salerno 7/23/13

[Suburbia Lost] Fuddruckers, Fields Ertel & Fairfield

Two less places to eat, one less place to shop.

Ronny Salerno 7/9/13 Ronny Salerno 7/9/13

Cinemagraph - "Entering the Queen City"

My first attempt at making a "Cinemagraph," a still image with slight motion. What can often be an elegant and beautiful way to capture and convey a moment or place in time can also be a huge pain in the ass in photoshop.

Ronny Salerno 6/28/13 Ronny Salerno 6/28/13

Tomb of the Unknown Plastic Soldiers

Somewhere on west side of downtown, there's a hidden memorial to all the brave, plastic soldiers who were left behind in backyard battles of childhood's past.

Ronny Salerno 6/25/13 Ronny Salerno 6/25/13

Highways for Houses

I-75 is chipping away at Lockland once again.

Ronny Salerno 6/17/13 Ronny Salerno 6/17/13

[Suburbia Lost] "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em" Chevrolet - Montgomery

Just north of Cincinnati in the city of Montgomery, Ohio there's an abandoned car dealership. Its vast, wide lot is devoid of cars and inside there's no salespeople to be found. Good deals aren't the only ghosts left behind on the moldy showroom floor; there's also the ghost of a Cincinnati legend - Marge Schott.

Ronny Salerno 6/12/13 Ronny Salerno 6/12/13

"The Future is One of Mighty Ducks T-Shirts and Discmen" New Book Now on Sale

There's a reason behind every photograph made, behind every subject you choose to shoot.

Ronny Salerno 6/7/13 Ronny Salerno 6/7/13

[Suburbia Lost] Blue Ash's Roast Beef Bunker

Built into the hillside with a dining room slightly below the ground is a bunker, a remnant of fast food giant Arby's. Built in 1975, it apparently shut down in 2010 after the property's lease was terminated. The glass atrium dining rooms allowed roast beef sandwich seekers to take in the scenery around them as they enjoyed their meals on tables now stacked on top of each other, collecting dust. There's no more "good mood food" to be found here.

Ronny Salerno 5/30/13 Ronny Salerno 5/30/13

[Suburbia Lost] Blue Light Special

What good is a grocery store if you can't pick up a pair of cheap jean shorts while you're buying Doritos? Yeah, you can get those things at Target and WalMart, but you also can at Kmart - the perennial third place discount mega store. The mega store that has closed and abandoned locations just like this one all across the US.

Ronny Salerno 5/23/13 Ronny Salerno 5/23/13

Indianapolis' Thunder Island

Let's pretend it's the summer of 1993.

Ronny Salerno 5/16/13 Ronny Salerno 5/16/13

The Wasson Way

If you drive into Cincinnati from the west side and look out over the sprawling network of railroad tracks, industrial cargo and airport-like control tower that watches over the massive rail yard, it's hard to imagine that any railroad in the city would go unused.

Cameron Knight 5/2/13 Cameron Knight 5/2/13

[Suburbia Lost] Red Lobster - Western Hills

Ronny Salerno 4/10/13 Ronny Salerno 4/10/13

[Suburbia Lost] Southeastern Indiana

Some abandoned locations in suburban Southeastern Indiana about 20 miles West of Cincinnati.

Ronny Salerno 4/4/13 Ronny Salerno 4/4/13

[Views of Cincinnati] Legend of the Larz Andersons

Last week I resumed shooting my 224 Views of Cincinnati series.