The author of this blog in August of 1972 in an Auburn shirt at the start of football season.
Auburn for me was something I was born into you might say, but now it’s home. It’s a beautiful town, a community that I’m highly invested in because it’s where I live and work.
The Project
This is the starting point of a project I’ve been working on for years, but now I’m giving it an official name, The Streets of Auburn. One of the challenges of coming up with a project that you can do in a unique artistic style is being able to capture the essence of the subject beyond the superficial, in my case, beyond what a visiting tourist could do on a football weekend. Whatever the subject, the local is always going to have the advantage because they live and breathe the subject matter on a daily basis, but that also means you can overlook the obvious and still only capture the ordinary.
The Project Purpose
The purpose of this project (at the time of this writing anyway) is to capture the essence of life as a local in Auburn Alabama, not just as a football fan on a Saturday afternoon. Sports is such a big part of this town that it has to be included in the subject, but there is so much more to Auburn than sports and football, and that’s what I am going to attempt to show through this project.
The Project Details
Below is a start into editing thousands and thousands of images I have taken in Auburn over the past 20 years. I started shooting in Auburn around 2006, and as of 2022 I have taken probably 200,000 images of Auburn alone, so this is just a start to my project edit. The edit will be ongoing and will be done live here on this project page. I will be continually taking images out and putting new images into this project, so come back over time and see how it progresses. The photo above is me at a much younger age, but obviously with a heart for Auburn from the start. Some of these images come from larger sets that have corresponding blog posts, if there is additional images I am going to try to link to them in the caption below the image.
The famous Toomer’s Corner Drugstore in Auburn in the summer. [additional images]Characters painted on the wall in Moe’s Original BBQ in Auburn, AL. Booth was shot just after sunset. D7000, 35mm f/1.8 DX [additional images]Selections from the inside of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn Alabama. Collections change throughout the year, admission is free. [additional images]After sitting on the street for quite a while Sunny comes back to his car for a break. He sings and plays his guitar while presenting the gospel message to those who walk by in AuburnMaking pizza at the Mellow Mushroom in AuburnJordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn Alabama on the night before the first football game of the 2011 seasonThe transistor radio crowd listening to the calls on the radio during the Auburn vs MSU gameExiting the tunnel at the start of the Auburn Tigers Aday Game in 2012 [additional images]Celebration of 4th of July with fireworks in Auburn at AUO [additional images]Classic and iconic, Samford Hall Auburn University on a normal average day.Drum Major leading the band before the Auburn Tigers Football vs ULM game in 2012 [additional images]The Golden Eagle Nova who flew before the Auburn football games landing on mid-field.One of three statues of Heisman Trophy winners. Cam Newton before Auburn Tigers Aday Game 2012Fans cheer for the Tigers as the new Auburn Tigers Arena opens for playTailgating before an Auburn football gameTailgating before an Auburn football gameThe day after it was discovered the Toomer’s Oak were poisoned by an Alabama fan.A rare March snowstorm covered Samford hall and the iconic Auburn University signAn Empty Jordan Hare StadiumTea Party Rally on College StreetToomer’s Oaks in their glory daySamford Hall WalkGetting the game face on before the Auburn vs LSU gamePublix supermarket opens with paintings of Auburn in their lobby entrance.National Championship Outside Toomer’s Corner DrugsJordan Hare Stadium at SunsetSun Setting Over Toomer’s Drugs in AuburnLines waiting to get into the Auburn Tigers Football vs LSU 2012Cam Newton goes through Tiger Walk for the last time
Scott Fillmer 
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