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Still in Seventies 1975 Westford Vt.

01.28.2008 by Peter J. Crowley // 11 Comments


The image from May of 1975 but the nails could be 1875, my series of White Wood transcends time. I still shoot it although farms are harder to find in New England. “Food” is now genetically engineered why eat real food when you can pop supplements. I also was/am very intrigued by textures. Many old roads to travel and re see. enjoy pjc

The night before conversing with Cestandrea regarding my old roads and images I found words I had written regarding this image. She wondered which images were old, I directed her to my Seventies series. Yes I do keep all the words I have written and like. It surprises me that lately my “verbal images” are often married to images. I am even more surprised that I was doing this in the 70s as well. So here from an old steno page are the words.

The ten penny spikes
Driven into the woodshed
Now form rust stalactites
Spring sun on the sill of my bedroom window
Abstract patterns formed by
Thirty two coats of cracking peeling memories
Faded lace, weathered wood
White weathered wood.

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White Wood Texture

Categories // Color Fine Art, Pop icon, Texture

Comments

  1. Cranky Yankee says

    January 29, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Peter,

    Loved the Windham Mills pix. Don’t think I ever saw that one!
    You know I have a thing for old/abandoned/dilapicated buildings. And in color yet!

    Hope to see you soon! When I’m over my cold, that is…

  2. photographicjourneys says

    January 29, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    The rust streaking down the wood, looks like tears! Can’t ever go wrong with texture and dilapidated. Windham Mills, you have some interior shots in b&w I believe I liked???
    ~edye

  3. photographicjourneys says

    February 8, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    Peter, I hope your silence means your lost in some new work.

    cheers
    edye

  4. La journée de Miss Doodle says

    July 21, 2008 at 7:24 am

    OK now here we are in the 1975:) thanks for explaining where I had to look for these pictures and also, and that in the meantime you posted “younger” pictures.

    I love texture too, as a painter, this image of the white wood with those rusty traces is a real inspiration for me, I could go and try to translate your beautiful picture into colour on canvas right now, if I weren’t sitting here in a photogallery avoiding work i.e. translate something very important:)
    love
    Andrea

  5. Peter J. Crowley says

    July 21, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Andrea do come back to this post later for last night as I edited old writing I found a poem I had written to accompany this image. I will post it later here. enjoy pjc

  6. Cestandrea says

    July 21, 2008 at 8:10 am

    Peter ok I’ll come back here! And you kept pages from that time? wow. Didn’t move often? Or perhaps you wrote it later? I’m nosy:)
    see you later!

  7. Peter J. Crowley says

    July 22, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Andrea,
    I do keep words and images, I have most of the negatives I have created since 1971, and many of the words also. I have few possessions but a multitude of thoughts, comments and impressions on the world from a passionate observer. enjoy pjc

  8. Cestandrea says

    July 24, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Peter, this is a wonderful poem. I SEE it and hear it, it goes so well with weathered things and living things.
    I was in such a self-inflicted hurry-flurry (:) these days, so that I couldn’t come earlier to say how beautiful your words are. I read three or more times and find them (and the picture) really inspiring.

    I’m heading off to Germany tomorrow, I won’t be blogging much, but we can stay in touch with emails, have a wonderful time
    love
    Andrea

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