Viewed from the road, it looks like the house began as a somewhat asymmetrical or perhaps saltboxy structure. The roof was raised on the right side, and a small stone extension was added. Viewed from the cemetery at the side, we see a more recent shed-roofed extension sporting 14 recycled sash windows to catch the southern exposure. Surely the owners have a wonderful tale to tell (it’s a summer house, so I can’t just go ask them for a tour and a tale). I’ll do better photographs when the light cooperates.
Category Archives: photography
Juncture and Display
A few years ago I started a collection of architectural detail photographs, and I expect to augment the set: Yankee Juncture and Display.
Deeply bizarre? Or not?
Juan Cole posts Andreas Gursky’s amazing photograph of the Kuwait Stock Exchange:

Look on the works, ye mighty
My recent trip to the west coast and back (see my photostream) didn’t disclose anything so glorious as what Doc Searls seems to capture effortlessly (well, probably not without considerable effort, in fact…) with his crisscrossings of the continent. Here’s one from his latest:
and you can read some exegesis here. This comes along, providentially, as I’m enjoying Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter The Long Earth . Doc is one of my Heroes, for sure. Wish I could be half so clear and consistent in my use of this medium, and he just has it right about photography and Ideas and, obviously, Cluetrain. Over the years his blog has educated me gently and surprisingly.
from good old Shorpy
forensic photography
Anybody with interests in documentary photography, family history, or Nacirema Studies would enjoy an hour or so with Joe Manning’s simply amazing unraveling of the family saga behind a Lewis Hine photo: in the matter of Joe Wilner really need a retread, but have something of the same fascination with photographs as documentary evidence.
Instant camera mania
In case you were in some doubt about the sheer AWESOMENESS of China/the Chinese, this video should convince you:
…and here’s The List, for further edification. (via Gizmodo, natch)
Looking around at Marshall Point
Lunch at Home Kitchen
One of the treats that comes with being in Rockland midday:
wonder if this will work
I’ve been working on the mountains of STUFF in the barn, and here’s the current state of the Museum of Obsolescent Technologies:
(using Photosynth and the iPhone –a bit lacking in acuity/resolution, but hyper-cool as an idea and sure to develop in interesting directions via updates. Click on the third icon to see FULL SCREEN version)



