Cementerio de trenes, Uyuni, Bolivia
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy. Matthew 6:19.
Rust consists of hydrated iron oxides Fe2O3and iron oxide-hdroxide Fe(OH)3. With sufficient time, oxygen, and water, any object made of iron will convert entirely to rust and disintegrate, because the porous surface layer provides no protection to the underlying metal parts.
Rust is also a metaphor for more general forms of decay (such as in “Rust Belt”, denoting an area of the American Midwest that has experienced economic cutbacks) or it may be associated with (an image of) faded glory.
Having photographed an abandoned whaling station in South Georgia, the train cemetery in Uyuni, Bolivia, wracked cars, and rotten steel doors, yielded a body of work that merits its dedicated gallery; “Rust” in the Themes section.
Check it out here. SR.