Ken, Your narrative complements your photograph, very good!
Richard
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From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] TOPE 9
> > The one photo that tugs at my heart is Ken Norton's. I can
> > hear the wind
> > sighing through the long broken windows, the smell of the old
> > and now
> > rotting wood and the shadow of times past.
>
> Thank you. I appreciate the positive comment. It has been a
> project of mine to photograph old farmsteads for about five
> years now. It always is an experience to roam around (rarely
> inside!) these old homes and barns. If you sit down and wait
> for a few minutes the wood seems to speak to you. Only then can
> you understand how to properly photograph the structure.
>
> Each old building has a history. Imagine the families that
> lived there. Clues crop up everywhere: Remnants of an old rope
> swing from a mammoth tree limb, the etchings of initials in
> concrete, faded and peeling wallpaper, and maybe an old toy
> emerging from the soil. No two are ever the same, some were
> fancy--telling of wealth and apparent success--only to be
> abandoned fifty years later with no one interested in moving in.
>
> First the rodents take over, then the birds and bats.
> Eventually, the roof no longer keeps the water out and the
> structure starts to deteriorate and callapse. This house in the
> photograph will have 5-10 years left before it is no longer
> upright. Eventually, a front-end loader moves the remaining
> wood into a pile and a few gallons of lit diesel or gasoline
> will make short work of the rest of lifetimes of memories. All
> that remains is a stone bearing the names of the residents in a
> cemetary a couple of miles away.
>
> Our lives here on Earth are like a puff of smoke. We exist for
> such a short time and our presence fades away. Eventually, the
> memories fade away too. My attempt is to capture, on film, the
> imagined memories.
>
> Ken
>
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