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El Bandido (2025)Photograph
by John Celeste
£286
Artwork description
"El Bandido” stands silent on the windswept plains of Encino, New Mexico — its weathered façade a haunting reminder of the life that once moved through this small desert town. Captured in striking black and white, this photograph reveals the quiet dignity of an abandoned building whose name still clings to the front in faded lettering: El Bandido.
The absence of colour amplifies every detail, the cracked stucco, warped wood, and long shadows etched by the desert sun. What was once a lively roadside stop now endures as a monument to time and transience, its story told through texture and light.
In this fine art print, decay becomes beauty, an exploration of stillness, memory, and the resilience of forgotten places.
Edition of 150 at this size, signed on the front.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 320 gsm.
Materials used:
Photographic Paper
Details:
- Photograph on Paper
- From a limited edition of 150
- Size: 30.48 x 30.48cm (unframed) / 25.4 x 25.4cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#new mexico#americana#road trip#abandonded#archictecture
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Artwork description
"El Bandido” stands silent on the windswept plains of Encino, New Mexico — its weathered façade a haunting reminder of the life that once moved through this small desert town. Captured in striking black and white, this photograph reveals the quiet dignity of an abandoned building whose name still clings to the front in faded lettering: El Bandido.
The absence of colour amplifies every detail, the cracked stucco, warped wood, and long shadows etched by the desert sun. What was once a lively roadside stop now endures as a monument to time and transience, its story told through texture and light.
In this fine art print, decay becomes beauty, an exploration of stillness, memory, and the resilience of forgotten places.
Edition of 150 at this size, signed on the front.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 320 gsm.
Materials used:
Photographic Paper
Details:
- Photograph on Paper
- From a limited edition of 150
- Size: 30.48 x 30.48cm (unframed) / 25.4 x 25.4cm (actual image size)
- Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#new mexico#americana#road trip#abandonded#archictecture