Florida Obscura
Whenever I'm back home in Florida,
I return to places that I'd visited in the past
and photograph them,
mostly alone,
to further understand the person I've become.
It's personal anthropology. The cloud of my thirteen years in New York City has cleared. Here in New Orleans, Louisiana, I almost feel retired, not from work but from a lifestyle that dictated the choices I made and the directions I've gone. It's suffice to say that I'm at a reflective point in my life and that the specter of my home state of Florida looms silently over my work as I continue identifying my personal style and future creative goals.
The photographs below are part of an exercise to isolate the common threads of my work. It happens easily because there are always subconscious elements that are introduced into my portraiture and topics of interest. Enjoy.
![Taberna del Caballo (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244135138-M0A8V4E24Q7MBEORASXJ/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160517_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160517_DSC05844.jpg)
![Facing St. George Street from Taberna del Caballo (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244135295-DDFBWGW2OF0QVCR7EJF1/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160517_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160517_DSC05839.jpg)
![Beneath the deck of a sailboat after the rain. (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244133723-DQ0287XXMGPFC11EA4HC/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160518_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160518_DSC05847.jpg)
![Matanzas Inlet (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244122968-OTUCNH03JYYIQWTV82IH/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06712.jpg)
![Oyster Shells, (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244132857-NBKSCI91B7E81RKOM5EZ/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160519_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160519_DSC05866.jpg)
![Execution Wall of Castillo de San Marcos. (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244120361-8YNZW0IZ1E2SZ98F4M6X/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06812.jpg)
![Fort Matanzas (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244122442-158G89LE3ITPWJUMMWYV/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06742.jpg)
![Castillo de San Marcos (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244118271-MVNQT0TZVXUJZGRJ1Z1A/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06872.jpg)
![Castillo de San Marcos (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244118352-EI6ZUAA74BBIP47W8YRF/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06863.jpg)
![Potter's Wax Museum (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244117271-MAV7CU89SD9JB8RTUDHE/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_DSC07002.jpg)
![Potter's Wax Museum (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244117323-RKS7RDRRNI60SFRXB7L6/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_DSC06984.jpg)
![The arts district of Wynwood. (Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244128389-312N4JXOM2N39MYP2F85/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_DSC06137.jpg)
![Hit and run opossum near Tamiami Airport. (Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244130960-76V1B2LN0PA3TBBEXYUJ/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_DSC05906.jpg)
![Exterior of Wood Tavern in the arts district of Wynwood. (Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244127793-62QBUVJ0JRVYYTE04LPG/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_DSC06148.jpg)
![Koi swimming in pond outside of the Lightner Museum. (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244671002-CXK0P2UBOEB0U4MUW69Z/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_DSC06901.jpg)
![Porcelan Kitty. (Kissimmee, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244124720-UUKJQXEU7TZPK0TUODFI/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160523_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160523_DSC06581.jpg)
![Matanzas Inlet near Fort Matanzas. (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244119918-JFKO8XUKGXKIVZ9CG9GO/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160526_DSC06754.jpg)
![When I was a kid, I went exploring the railroad tracks on the other side of this patch of foliage where I found a bag containing the corpse of a large pig. (Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244130835-HHZWBGEFGGFG4A481D0O/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160521_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160521_DSC05888.jpg)
![An abandoned roadside attraction. (South Florida)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244133709-K8JFIRMMVNH62LFFX4Y0/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160519_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160519_DSC05869.jpg)
![The arts district of Wynwood. (Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244126276-BIWAUT1H0UKQH5B0EA68/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_DSC06157.jpg)
![Mural art inside of Gramps. (Wynwood District, Miami, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244124581-QPX4PLHTEOBKLNJLYZ5E/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160522_DSC06234.jpg)
![Potter's Wax Museum. (St. Augustine, FL)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51a7ff80e4b070cc6c904b4d/1465244671300-2AYMPY9RA6SO8VYAYLQO/Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_Carlos_Detres_Photo_160527_DSC06980.jpg)