Mike Hettwer Photography - Documentary, Archaeology and Dinosaur

826CHI Volunteer Photo Book: My World Project - Part 3: SALVAGE ONE

“Industry,” I thought as I looked out the window.“Darling, this piece is $250, shall we take it?” a voice called out to me. But I refrained from speaking or hearing. I just looked out the window and focused on the misty gray skies above. “Honey,” I sighed. I heard the voice one more time. I turned around to face him. “It’s a good deal,” I say to Aleck, my husband of a long and dreadful month. “We’ll take it,” Aleck says to the salesman. Then Aleck, my supposed “true love” for life, walks up to me. He rests his hand on a shoulder that will never be his.“Anne, what is wrong? You’ve been like this ever since you saw the doctor today.”I smiled for the first time since that mistake wedding. It was going to be a new frontier, a new beginning.<i>Note: Salvage One is the name of the architectural elements reseller on Chicago's South Side where the photo was taken.</i>
SALVAGE ONE, Photo and Story by Kalina Fleming-Lopez



“Industry,” I thought as I looked out the window.
“Darling, this piece is $250, shall we take it?” a voice called out to me.
But I refrained from speaking or hearing. I just looked out the window and focused on the misty gray skies above.
“Honey,” I sighed. I heard the voice one more time. I turned around to face him.
“It’s a good deal,” I say to Aleck, my husband of a long and dreadful month.
“We’ll take it,” Aleck says to the salesman. Then Aleck, my supposed “true love” for life, walks up to me. He rests his hand on a shoulder that will never be his.
“Anne, what is wrong? You’ve been like this ever since you saw the doctor today.”
I smiled for the first time since that mistake wedding. It was going to be a new frontier, a new beginning.

Note: Salvage One is the name of the architectural elements reseller on Chicago's South Side where the photo was taken.