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"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

Tags:
#new mexico #americana #road trip #abandonded #archictecture 

El Bandido (2025) Photograph
by John Celeste

£286

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"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

Tags:
#new mexico #americana #road trip #abandonded #archictecture 
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I’ve always been fascinated with the wild west. As boys, my brother & I would spend hours watching John Wayne movies, playing Cowboys & Indians and as I grew older,... Read more

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