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Elma Washington a Summer Afternoon

June 28, 2020 By Peter J. Crowley 2 Comments

A trip to another Mill town. Walking new streets I have seen before.

This one being a Lumber Mill. Two towns actually Elma and McCleary. This on the road out of Elma but I found more compelling images in Elma. 

Reflections of days gone by suit my seeing.  Stories seen in the layers of downtown. In both towns tales of boom and bust told by residential homes sections that were built at the boom time all very similar. Then another group built 10-20 years later. 

Downtown repurposed store fronts some with false fronts like a western movie. But here it is life past and present. Thrift shops pot shops and wood pellets. Friendly people 90% wore masks and greeted us as we strolled through town. 

Eloquent detailed mosaic speaks of better times. 

Peace can be found among the Goldenrod’s, the sun and the breeze. Breathing well Nikon in hand strolling. Seeing  a blend of  memories, emotion a moment happens when I depress the shutter. The moment, the emotion is complete to share with you. 

The Bank of Elma sits waiting for the next boom, restoration life. Many moments this day present, past,  joyous, sad woven into humanity.

Seek the highlight as I do but also see the shadows without which there would be no highlight. 

peace

 

Filed Under: Abstract, Adventure, Color Fine Art, Community, Family Farm, Humanity, Life in Layers, Logging, Nature, Observing with America, Street Photography, Summer, The City as a Muse, Uncategorized, Washington Tagged With: Abstraction, Color Fine Art, Humanity, Layered Life, Reflections, Simplicity, Street Photography

The Daily, November 8th Taccoma

November 8, 2015 By Peter J. Crowley 3 Comments

DSC_0151 Ss15 Shd+High LgtShadow 20 Drk High 4 Tacoma Stairs11-7-150A day in Tacoma with Roger. Dodging rain drops with historic conversation Roger grew up in the area and knew much of the City’s history. Yesterday was the 75 anniversary of  the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. The bridge in use now is behind these stairs. I like the stairs better. As I continue to shoot Diggie I fight with the speed of process and the apparent need to add new “content” daily. I don’t do “content” I make images, art. A rant in the future on nomenclature. For now as I prepped this image here I think B+W maybe a better image. Ponder or post back to PS see image in B+W? Like the red stone though. Ponder or post? Post.   ponder later pretty monochromatic image though   enjoy pjc

Photographic Art       Another Design image B+W but with a warm tone added.

Filed Under: Abstract, Color Fine Art, Observing with America, Olympia Wa., Photographic Art Tagged With: Abstraction, Color Fine Art, Photographic Art, Street Photography

The Bus, The Beach, New Galleries. July 7th

July 13, 2015 By Peter J. Crowley 1 Comment

Old Roads

Old roads rolling back
the fifties, sixties
old houses worn with time
the past peeling
rusted roofs, broken fences,
little cottages persevere
spinning tales
sometimes a whisper
sometimes a scream
treading water
another season
another life
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peace pjc

Photographic Art

Filed Under: 1950, Abandoned., Abstract, Abstraction, Adventure, B+W Fine Art, Between Here and There, Black and White Fine Art, Diggie, Humanity, Journeys between here and there, July brings changes, Observing with America, Old Roads, Olympia Wa., Poem, Poetry, Reflecting on past, Summer, Texture, Verbal images, Visual and verbal Tagged With: Abstraction, Blending the past and the present, Humanity, Olympia, Photographic Art, Real and Surreal, Seasons

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