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Two institutions in West Rutland, the man and the cafe; Joziu has been a daily customer since the cafe first opened 20 years ago.
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Michael is an artist, poet and brother in faith who happened to need an author photo for a poem coming out shortly in Mason’s Road, an online literary journal, found here. This image from our visit a couple of months ago fit the bill.
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This man was on a cigarette break from his job at a local restaurant as I happened to be walking by. He told me of a family gathering at a nearby inn and encouraged a visit with his photographer son who was there. I did so as it was on my way, and met his wonderful extended family – slowly coming around from a night of celebration – and took a few more portraits. (Names lost in the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2009.)
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Pigs are highly intelligent creatures, ranking fourth in the animal world, behind only chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants. My favorite bit of pig info from a quick Internet search:
“Last week (2009), an international team of biologists released the first draft sequence of the pig genome, the complete set of genetic instructions for making the ruddy-furred Duroc breed of Sus scrofa. Even on a cursory glance, “the pig genome compares favorably with the human genome,” said Lawrence Schook of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the team leaders. “Very large sections are maintained in complete pieces,” he said, barely changed in the 100-million-plus years since the ancestors of hogs and humans diverged.” NY TIMES (11/9/2009)
Whatever that means.
This little gal quickly darted back into her shelter on my very first approach, but lingered outside when I returned a short time later.
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Five of the Brothers at the Weston Priory taking a break from cutting and splitting wood (and filming the effort).
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Some trepidation, perhaps, before the drumming began? Once it started though – he was locked in!
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Llamas are thought to have originated in the Central Plains of North America before ultimately migrating to the South American continent. They (and their smaller cousins, alpacas) have since been successfully reintroduced here.
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I miss this man a lot – he was passionate, opinionated and generous, and a good friend who stayed young and connected in part through a lifetime in photography. He joined Magnum in his twenties, and remained actively involved with the organization until he passed away in 2010. His best known image was perhaps the 1955 portrait of James Dean in Times Square, called The Boulevard of Broken Dreams. He advised (admonished ??) me to slow down and truly engage a scene while photographing – it was something he had a lifetime of doing.
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