Last winter I became obsessed with photographing Los Angeles gas stations in the rain. I love how rain warps and splatters the light, transforming the streetscape; how the windshield wiper becomes a paintbrush spreading viscous pigment. Brightly illuminated fossil fuel stations, photographed through a car window in record precipitation—global warming come full circle?

California gas stations have an iconic history in art. See Ed Ruscha and Stephen Shore, among others.