A Mansard Roof McDonald’s
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

A Mansard Roof McDonald’s

There was a time when I truly loved McDonald’s. When I craved it with every fiber of my childhood being. Maybe as an adult I’m only looking back through ketchup-colored glasses, but McDonald’s was different once. After a conversation with someone of a similar mind, I once again set out in search of fast food nostalgia.

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The Garden of Hope
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

The Garden of Hope

If the second coming of Christ occurred today in the greater-Cincinnati area, what’s the first thing people would even say to Jesus Christ?

“Have you tried the chili?”

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Scaffolding
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Scaffolding

“Many times people worry about things that can kill them at eye level, but you're probably more likely to be destroyed by something above you. This is why the city has installed a sprawling network of temporary sidewalk shelters to protect pedestrians from falling objects. This is called scaffolding.”

- John Wilson

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Random Photographs of 2021
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Random Photographs of 2021

Photographs made in 2021 that didn't necessarily have a place in a larger post or story. Images made with a digital SLR, iPhone, and various 35mm cameras.

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Six Gun City
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Six Gun City

You have to know where to look in the Kentucky woods, but it’s up there in the hills—an abandoned town looking like the set of a John Wayne film. Was the place the forgotten theme park that the internet had touted it to be, though?

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Flight and Former Front Yards
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Flight and Former Front Yards

As Delta Airlines established a full-fledged hub at Cincinnati’s CVG airport, the facility eyed a runway extension. Ethan’s Glen wasn’t physically in the way, but life for residents was about to get even louder.

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The Mantra of The Chong
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

The Mantra of The Chong

An eclectic store that threatened to close for years… finally did. The camera I bought there broke, but it was the words of a friend that stuck with me.

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20 Years Since Nitro: A Saturday Night at Swine City
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

20 Years Since Nitro: A Saturday Night at Swine City

My relationship with pro wrestling is complicated…I’m still very much a person trying to figure out what worlds I exist in—caught between the kinds of spaces where one feels they truly belong and where they don’t.

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LEGO: Kings Waffle
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

LEGO: Kings Waffle

I don’t like Waffle House, I like a specific Waffle House. And I recreated it with LEGO.

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Coming to Grips in a Ghost Town
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Coming to Grips in a Ghost Town

There comes a point when your past begins to be seen solely as experience. The emotional weight isn’t entirely gone, but the punch it packs becomes weaker—the memories starting to carry new significance whether they were painful or proud.

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Middletown, Ohio’s Towne Mall
Ronny Salerno Ronny Salerno

Middletown, Ohio’s Towne Mall

I’ve written about several “dead malls” before, but I didn’t personally know Middletown’s.

Tyler and Jordan did, though.

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