Howdy! I know it’s been much too long since my last blog post but I will soon be sharing some exciting news and projects that I’ve been busy working on including a one year photo essay and one of my images that has been licensed for use in an upcoming print ad for a popular sports car.
In the meantime from the backlog archives, here are a few images and the accompanying story taken in the town of Canmore Alberta from this past winter. During a walkabout with my father-in-law Peter (and quite the landscape photographer, check out his work here) we came across this old wooden fence that caught my eye. In particular it was the patterns worn into the wood boards from insects and non-uniformity that made it unique and worthy of a photo. I snapped off a couple of shots when an older gentlemen approached us asking what we saw of particular interest. I described to him the patterns and textures on the old boards that I was attempting to capture. He responded with a genuine proud smile that he was the builder of the fence many decades ago.
He went on to tell us that he had left the busy pace of the city lifestyle for the mountains when Canmore was still a quiet little coal mining town of 2,000 back in the 60′s. He beat the rush into Canmore by 30 years and he’s watched the town literarily transform and develop in front of his doorstep and…the wooden fence!
Of course I had to ask the gentleman to take his portrait in front of his fence.
This is a perfect example of why I love photography. The storytelling of a picture.
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