East Jesus, Untitled.
A body remains,
but the face is gone.
What remains feels strangely permanent.
#eastjesus #slabcity #blackandwhitephotography #artist #photographer
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A Miss Kim mannequin transformed into something amazing.
I captured this image on one of my many trips to East Jesus.
#blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #eastjesus #slabcity #artist
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One of my favorite shots from my first trip to East Jesus over 10 years ago.
Some installations come and go. Others change. I’m glad I was able to capture this one. Love this place.
#photography #artist #eastjesus #slabcity #blackandwhitephotography
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I’m a sucker for dolls, mannequins, and masks.
You ever look at them and feel like they’re looking back? Just me huh? Weirdo!
East Jesus, April 2024.
#blackandwhitephotography #eastjesus #slabcity #contemporaryphotography #artist
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Will I make it back to East Jesus in 2026? I hope so. Who’s down for a road trip to the desert?
Untitled, East Jesus, 2022
#eastjesus #slabcity #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #keepitweird
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Two CRT televisions sit on the ground in the desert with "say their names" painted on the screens in white and colorful paint splattered on the ground. 📷 Nikon D3300
Some (sadly evergreen) #art from #eastjesus.
#desert #california #slabcity #photography #photosky
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Check out these images from my series “East Jesus” that I’ve taken over the years.
You can see the complete series on my website. Link in bio. (DaleMateo.com)
#EastJesus #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #slabcity #moodyphotography
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These were taken in East Jesus, Slab City.
It’s a place that feels like the end of the road and the beginning of something else. I keep coming back, camera in hand, trying to understand why it feels like home.
#EastJesus #SlabCity #ContemporaryPhotography #ContemporaryArt #ColorPhotography
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A desert saint, crowned by faith, rust, and sunlight.
Untitled, East Jesus, 2025
#EastJesus #SlabCity #ColorPhotography #ContemporaryPhotography #FineArt
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You may recognize 👆 from Kesha's "Praying" video, as well as some of the #eastjesus shots I've posted in the background.
I probably don't need to say this, but she had special permission to be in/on Salvation Mountain. Us common folk do not. We stay off.
youtu.be/v-Dur3uXXCQ
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On the desert sand, a decaying statue of a soldier sits slumped over, with a machine gun and American flag between his knees. In the background, a television set with "black lives matter" painted on the screen is visible.
Another #art.
#desert #california #slabcity #eastjesus #filmphotography #blackandwhite #photography #photosky
📷 Pentax K1000
🎞 Ilford PANF 50
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A closer portrait shot from the front with the mannequin casting a shadow onto the bottle wall behind it.
In color.
#art #eastjesus #desert #california #slabcity #photography #photosky
📷 Nikon D3300
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A female mannequin holds out a baby mannequin; her head is a Facebook "thumbs up" and the baby has a "like" banner above it with "❤️ 753K (and 1 follow)". A wall of bottles curves behind her, illuminated by the sun.
Another #art from #eastjesus.
#desert #california #slabcity #filmphotography #blackandwhite #photography #photosky
📷 Pentax K1000
🎞 Ilford PANF 50
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Color version.
And the color version from earlier in the day.
#eastjesus #desert #california #slabcity #photography #photosky
📷 Nikon D3300
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A padded chair sits on the sand in front of a wall of televisions, all of the screens painted white with words, including: bow before your gods, blah, the television will not be revolutionized, democrats are evil, republicans are evil, you're fat, don't be yourself...
Here's one of the quintessential shots from the #eastjesus art gallery.
#desert #california #slabcity #filmphotography #blackandwhite #photography #photosky
📷 Pentax K1000
🎞 Ilford PANF 50
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Color photograph of an abandoned van in the California desert.
"Now what?"
#photography #ruins #eastjesus
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Sculpture made from an old O'Keefe and Merritt oven/stove timer with outlet and switch and 1950s/60s gold starburst design, 2 small troll dolls on the left, and various colored stones on top.
East Jesus Sculpture Garden
#SlabCity #EastJesus #SouthernCalifornia #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #photography #art
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East Jesus Sculpture Garden
#EastJesus #SlabCity #Niland #southerncalifornia
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East Jesus sculpture garden
#EastJesus #SlabCity #Niland #southerncalifornia
#photography #lanscape #art
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East Jesus sculpture garden
#EastJesus #SlabCity #Niland #southerncalifornia
#photography #lanscape #art
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Man and woman smiling in front of art in East Jesus, CA
Woman in University of Hell shirt in front of large painted mountain praising Jesus; Salvation Mountain in Slab City, CA
Man smiling in front of art in East Jesus, CA
Man and woman smiling in front of art in Bombay Beach, CA
When a couple of Burners stumble onto Black Rock City in Default #iykyk
#BombayBeach #SalvationMountain #EastJesus #SlabCity #SaltonSea
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A road trip with my Sister in 2023 to Salton Sea, Bombay Beach & Slab City/East Jesus in Central California turned into a book of graffiti, outsider art, and road trip tales. "A Day at the Sea: The art & Culture of Salton Sea" #outsider #graffiti #saltonsea #BombayBeach #EastJesus
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Outsider art in the depths of Sonoran Desert, near the Salton Sea in East Jesus, California. Never before or since have I witnessed such an amazing and bewildering assortment of art as I did at the end of a long day in the winter of 2019.
#abandoned #urbex #outsiderart #EastJesus #California
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