Images of New England
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See below. Howard and Courtney Prussack of High Meadows Farm were featured in the article, which also carried a picture of them (taken a couple of minutes after this one). Note the photograph of the younger Howard on the table, as well as a vintage t-shirt.
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I owe this man a huge debt of gratitude, for his work planting and maintaining the flower bed behind him, at the Saint Frances Cabrini church. Many of my flower macros, including the four images that precede this post, are from that garden. He volunteers his time, and pays for all the bulbs himself. Last year he suprised me with some crocus (see April 2011). And the church itself is a wonderful place for prayer and meditation, any time of the day. Here, he takes a break from some spring cleanup.
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While queueing up for another load of chopped corn/silage (see above), Chet told me that he was newly retired from driving big rigs, but was working odd jobs like this one because “… I got my eye on a 1981 Cadillac from Florida, 91,000 thousand miles, white, great shape, no rust…”.
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Actualy, Zach is from Westchester and is interning at Wild Shepherd Farm for the season. A few years ago, I was in the Brattleboro Co-op, another great institution in town, and realized that most of the 20 something men there had full beards. As I’ve had one since my 20’s, it was a great thing to see. Brattleboro is like that.
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Photographing total strangers at close range in public spaces can be challenging for any number of reasons. The initial difficulty is the fact that it’s inherently an intrusive act, which can get in the way of establishing rapport. Second, it requires some level of acceptance and commitment on the part of the subject(s), which might never materialize. Finally all the technical/artsy considerations come into play: composition, depth of field, background, the decisive moment, breathing, etc. etc. Probably thirty seconds elapsed between my first glimpse of these folks, requesting permission to photograph, and taking 4 frames. Thirty seconds seemed a comfortable span of time for all of us, perhaps the limit. Could I have done better with that time ? With more time ? Probably, but “close enough” is much underrated in in the art and science of photography.
This was the first frame, and I like it the best of the series, despite a busy background, and even though the last shot (below) has a simpler composition.
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Taken around 1925, by an unknown studio photographer, this photo shows the the Andrew and Mary Wasik family: my grandparents, mother and aunts and uncles. My mom is the girl in the back with long hair. She passed away 5 years ago today, at the age of 93.
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One of the many friendly and colorful characters to be found at the Brattleboro Farmer’s Market, held each Saturday during the season on the West Brattleboro line, and Wednesdays in town.
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A portrait of John, the aforementioned gardener, in two different styles. Just couldn’t make up my mind about which way to go, so I’m leaving it up to him and his friends on Facebook to decide. Update: he and his friends liked this one. I’ll leave the other one, in part because there’s clearly a different feel between them, and when taken together, show the possibilities in digital post processing.
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