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The Brattleboro Farmers’ Market came into being in the 1970’s and continues to be a great place to spend a Saturday morning. At least 40% of the sites are reserved for agricultural products, and the remainder for crafts and prepared foods. The fashions haven’t changed significantly in those years; this image, minus the woman’s bag and the vehicles, could have been taken 30 years ago. Zach, (above), is from the Wild Shepherd Farm.
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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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There’s probably no finer swimming area in southern VT than the NEPCO picnic grounds on the southern side of Harriman Reservoir: clean, cold water, few people, and access to miles of shoreline. It’s a dreamy place, with high mountain views to the north and west, where it’s easy to wile away a summer day, whatever the weather. Here, a storm is brewing.
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The summer image in the series Willow on Pond. This wonderful tree was also photographed at the height of the other seasons.
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It’ll probably be awhile before I make it out to the Plains states, if I ever do, but this gets me in the spirit. The man here was planting the field by hand, seeds in a bag at his waist.
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Quarrying marble was a major industry in west central VT well into the middle of the 20th century. Abandoned quarries are rife in the area, and favorite swimming holes for locals.
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This image of West Rutland was taken from Boardman Hill sometime in the 1920’s, photographer unknown. We lived on Pleasant Street, about a half mile down from the church whose steeple is barely visible on the top right side of the photo. The view is to the northwest.
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