10/04/2026
I believe my work has a distinct "look," and I now have a certain way I approach the making of photographs in a center.
When I photographed Davenport Lanes in Davenport, Washington, I was still working to develop this style. It was 2012, and this was probably the 5th or 6th center visited specifically for this work. Most of my photography up to that point involved pictures of people, so photographing empty bowling centers presented a new creative challenge.
Davenport is the center I've probably reposted the least on this FB Page. It's not that I didn't like the house; I am simply not a fan of the pictures I made that day.
It was a wonderful small-town bowl, and owners Sam and Carol Cole were great hosts. Although we had just met that night, we sat and chatted about bowling and the industry for more than two hours.
The exterior view is the only photograph from that day that I even remotely like. Davenport is the one house I would go back and reshoot if I could; today, the building houses a cannabis dispensary.
Photographs made in 2012 by Kevin Hong
