Cornfield

Ansonia, Pennsylvania

This cornfield sits right at the corner of the two-lane state highway and the narrow lane that leads to a state park referred to by local tourism boosters as "The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania." It really is quite an impressive stretch of river even if the comparison is, well, a bit of a stretch. The thick, hazy conditions early this summer morning didn't lead to any pictures of the canyon itself (except this) but on the way out those same conditions made for this lovely scene. Click to see a more legible version of the picture.

The Church of God

West of Richmond, Virginia

The sign above the door was very faded but still legible. I've made photographs of many rural churches over the years. As with the drive-in theaters series, I find it fascinating how the church architecture, repeating themes and forms that are never twice exactly the same, relate to the surrounding landscape. Unlike the theaters, I've never gone out looking for the church buildings, they just turn up on other travels. This time, I was exploring a bit in Virginia with a photographer friend from Austria who had come over for the opening of a group exhibit in Richmond.

Dusk at the Transit Drive-in

Lockport, New York

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Swamp

Washington, Connecticut

Just click on the picture for a larger version. I'm not sure how well that will show the sense of detail and texture of this large format negative after passing through the intertubes, but thought I'd give it a try. As an aside, for a picture like this I will probably prefer a contact print (7x17 inches) in platinum/palladium, or maybe a modest amount of enlargement for a pigment ink print, rather than pushing the print size to the max.

Church on a Hill

Shamokin, Pennsylvania

This town lies in the heart of the eastern Pennsylvania coal country. The land is very hilly, with houses and other buildings perched precariously. The ridge line you see in the distance through the morning fog is almost literally made of coal. Click on the picture to get a better view.

Derelict Drive-in Theater

Uncasville, Connecticut

For a while now (1,243 posts, in fact) this blog has concentrated on recent color work I've been doing with digital capture. Over the past several years I've been doing much less large format black and white work than before, but I have been doing some. I've been scanning the best of these negatives over the past week, and I thought I'd stretch the sense of recent from a few months to a few years.

The picture above shows part of what's left at the Norwich-New London Twin Drive-in Theater. It's a fairly recent—that word again—addition to my long-term project on drive-in theaters. If you click on the picture you'll get a much more legible, larger version. Use your browser's back button to return.

Holiday Display

Washington, Connecticut

From the 1950s themed holiday exhibit at the Gunn Memorial Museum.

FOR SALE

Waterbury, Connecticut

Funeral Home Parking Lot

Waterbury, Connecticut

Rosalind Russell

Waterbury, Connecticut

Soldiers' Memorial

Waterbury, Connecticut

White Wall, II

Waterbury, Connecticut

White Wall, I

Waterbury, Connecticut

Wall and Reflection

Waterbury, Connecticut

Cracked Wall

Waterbury, Connecticut

CAN'T FALL

Torrington, Connecticut

Discarded?

Waterbury, Connecticut

ERAL FICATION

Waterbury, Connecticut

Red Door

Waterbury, Connecticut

Rent-To-Own

Waterbury, Connecticut

Sumac

Thomaston, Connecticut

There's a new series beginning at The WPII Blog, pictures from another town holiday celebration.

Public Auction

Waterbury, Connecticut

Over at The WPII Blog, the last of the Bethlehem Christmas series.

E

Torrington, Connecticut

Storefront

Waterbury, Connecticut

The cutout figures in the window are holding archive copies of The Waterbury Observer, a monthly independent free newspaper for the Waterbury area.

Foreclosure

Torrington, Connecticut

Holiday festival pictures continue over at The WPII Blog.

Shopping Cart

Waterbury, Connecticut

Rain

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

More new work at The WPII Blog.

Leavenworth

Waterbury, Connecticut

Two Statues

Meriden, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

City Trees

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

Rolling Along

Torrington, Connecticut

Thomaston, Connecticut

More daily postings continue over at The WPII Blog.

Windows

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Woodbury, Connecticut

Off Season

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury, Connecticut

Gray Sweater

Litchfield, Connecticut

TURNER AUTO

Waterville, Connecticut

Waterville, Connecticut

Private Shrine

Waterville, Connecticut

Two Walking Figures

Torrington, Connecticut

This was once one of many parking lots for a major manufacturing company with home offices in Torrington, CT. There were large manufacturing facilities in town and scattered across the country. About twenty-five years ago I did the photography for several "capability brochures" for this very company. There don't seem to be any capabilities left to brag about now. Looks like a skeleton crew is around to maintain the buildings, or perhaps serve some warehouse functions.

The large storefront below has been empty and apparently untouched for years. It sits at the main intersection of downtown streets in the small city of Meriden.

Meriden, Connecticut

Leaves

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterville, Connecticut

Traffic Light

Waterbury, Connecticut

UPS

Waterbury, Connecticut

Frogs

Waterbury, Connecticut