Nobody commissioned these. Preston photographs downtown Houston's street furniture — parking meters, bike racks, hydrants, benches — the way museums photograph sculpture: one object, plain ground, full attention.

A bench against an empty wall. Seating for exactly one thought at a time.
Bike racks looped like a line drawing.
A vent pipe bending out of a granite wall.
Shot like it was somebody important. It was.
A trash enclosure holding court against a blank wall.
The parking pay station — downtown's smallest ATM of regret.
Plumbing brought out to the sidewalk to be admired.
One of Preston's ongoing series of hydrant portraits.
A bike corral drawing a long perspective down Main.
A transit shelter in morning light.
A vintage twin fixture under the oaks.
Security bollards standing at attention.
A traffic cone with the posture of a monument.