I made two entirely different images of this 1933 Packard, which was originally purchased by Albert Johnson, a Chicago insurance millionaire, who built Scotty's Castle in 1927 – a mansion on an oasis in one of the most isolated places in the United States. The car was a present for Johnson’s niece. I made both this image and the one you can see by clicking on the thumbnail at the end of this caption, by shooting through a small crack in the back window of the castle garage where it is presently parked. The other image expresses itself through color and detail. This is a more abstract photograph, featuring a reflection of a barred castle window, and using sepia color, soft focus, and grainy texture to achieve the effect of a vintage image. Both the barred window and the lavish automobile carry symbolic meaning, and so does the execution of the image itself, which pulls the viewer back to another time. The Packard becomes less a car and more a phantom.