Help us un-forget the forgotten! We travel to rusty, dusty, derelict places so the abandoned can become beautiful once again.

Crawling inside a room coated in grime, cobwebs and perhaps a little animal excrement won’t stop our curiosity. There’s nothing like the rush you get the second you know it’s just you in there…or at least the squatters are keeping quiet! Suddenly you realize several hours have passed and you have only scratched the surface.


2013 Art Festival season is fast-approaching!

After two years are dipping our toes in the art festival scene, we are beyond ecstatic to completely dive in this summer! We are humbled to be a part of some of the best fairs in the midwest. Please come visit us!!

May 31 – June 2 | Edina Art Fair 50th and France Quarter – Edina, MN
June 21 – 23 | Lakefront Festival of the Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum – Milwaukee, WI
June 29 – 30 | Artfest Midwest “The Other Art Show” at the Iowa State Fairgrounds – Des Moines, IA
July 6 – 7 | Fountain Square Art Festival at Church & Sherman – Evanston, IL
July 13 – 14 | Art Fair off the Square on the Capitol Square – Madison, WI
July 20 – 21 | Midsummer Festival of the Arts at the John Michael Kohler Center – Sheboygan, WI
August 16 – 18 | Milwaukee Domes Art Festival – Milwaukee, WI
August 24 – 25 | Bucktown Arts Fest – Chicago, IL
September 7 – 8 | ARTumn Harvest Art Festival in Deer Park Town Center – Deer Park, IL

2012 Artist Awards

What is Light-Painting?
abandonedThe blasts of colored light you see inside these buildings, cars and enclosed spaces are not Photoshopped. We physically paint with color and light using colored flashes and strobe lights, with the full moon as an external light source.Read on to learn more about how we create these unique images.
Follow the Book Tour
route66In 2012, we took four separate trips along Route 66 to promote our book Polaroid Photos from Route 66. We visited museums, diners & motels along the way; a grassroots book tour, so to speak! Check out the posts we wrote during our journeys as we met new friends, photographed old haunts and rekindled our love for the road.
Merch & Photography
shopWe have fun stuff for sale in the Fading Nostalgia Shop. From large gallery pieces to add that unique pop your living room needs, to mini magnets to cover your refrigerator in kitsch. Head over right now to get your shop on!


Polaroids Photos from Route 66, Our First Book!

Route 66 Polaroids
In December of 2011, we self-published our first book, Polaroid Photos from Route 66. It was such a quick and exciting process, and we are ecstatic over how it turned out! The book contains about 275 Polaroid photos and a couple dozen of Chris’s personal stories about his experiences traveling the Mother Road. We took the book on a grassroots book tour and traveled Route 66 four separate times this Spring/Summer/Fall of 2012, to talk to fellow 66 fans and friends about the book, as well as the future of the road. We had such a blast visiting everyone in person! Check out the book’s page for more details and to order the book. A special thanks goes out to all of our friends and family who have been such an incredible support through this entire process!

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