great gallery. i just woke up from a dream about abandoned orange groves only to have it accented by these beautiful shots of rusted sinking ships. good job.
Seems weird to me that they'd leave this behind. I used to work for Xerox, and I know that these things were mostly leased, rather than purchased (the lease contract included things like periodic maintenance). It doesn't look that old, either.
Kevin, I'm not sure what you're point is... that altering photographs discredits the photographer or the image? You are still seeing images captured in true life, nothing is created by a computer here. I'm sure Ansel Adams burned and dodged his photos, maybe even overlaid a few to form one (I don't know much about his processes), how does that differ with digital photographs? Taking the picture is the first step in creating your photograph, how you treat it afterwards is the second, it's all part of the process in making a work of art that you spent extra effort doing. I've spent a lot of time in the darkroom, and just like using the computer it's a skill you develop... there's no "Make Good Picture" button in any editing program.
But again, your remark has no true substance, like "I don't like this photo because..."; it can only be inferred, so it's difficult to take your two cents into consideration.
The sewing machine, being in the foreground like that, kind of looks like a predator waiting patiently for something weak and edible to show up so it can pounce. :)
If you look sideways at this picture, it almost looks like the topmost blade on the near side of the fan has a face on it. The two bolts below the line at the bottom look like a mouth with fangs, and the blades on either side look like either cape wings or else little stumpy raised arms. Bizarre!