I've been photographing the old barn next to Hwy. 16 near Boston for 35 years - one of the most photographed barns in the region I suspect. My first photo was after a fresh foot of snow fell in 1975 as I made my way into what would later become the Upper Buffalo Wilderness Area. My last photo was an eight-hour exposure done overnight a few months ago in very chilly weather. The barn was donated to the forest service a couple of years ago, and since then has stood empty. Many boards have fallen off, others have been stolen. This past week the southwest corner of the barn fell, and it probably won't be long before the rest of it goes down. The end of an iconic rustic Ozark barn...
No doubt this nostalgic barn has been the subject of many a photograph. I've been thinking about visiting it during the last couple of weeks to see if there were any wildflowers blooming in the field. Guess I waited to long. I'm going to miss it.
Hey Bill, it looks like you can still shoot from the back side with no damage visible (no telling how long before the next corner falls), although there was not much in the way of fields full of flowers yesterday when I came through.
It was great to see you at the show over the weekend - twice! We ended up with just over six grand in sales, although most of that came after the show closed yesterday - our place got flooded with people after everyone else closed down. We were lucky to have such a large, COOL place to display, and will probably never have that many canvas prints on display at the same time again (84 of them suckers).
Tim, it was great to see you too, and I'm glad to hear that you did so well. I know it's a lot of work putting up a display like that, and yours was by far the best I saw. You were pretty busy the first time I came by, so I thought I'd come by later after things slowed down a bit...seemed like you had a good crowd most of Friday night. I couldn't believe where the organizers stuck some of the artists...they were WAY off the square.You were fortunate to have such a good location and lighting too.
I'll be heading out the door in a while to give a slide program at the OHTA meeting tonight, and maybe sell a few prints. Hope you can make it.
Sorry to hear about this old barn Tim...I had the same thing happen to a barn I just found this past year. I went out to shoot it about a month ago and the whole thing had collapsed. It was located on Hwy 113 outside of Morrilton and had Petit Jean in the background and open field all around...Sad, sad...Guess I will have to be on the search for another...
UPDATE ON JULY 13. The great gray lady is now down on all fours. Her second front leg collapsed last week, and this week both hind legs went down, so now she is flat on the ground and it is all over. It has been kind of sad to see this slow death of such a fine barn...
I saw the image on your journal and it made me sad! I have to admit that I never pointed a camera in her direction, but enjoyed yours and others images of her. I'd say she had a great life that was well documented and will live on for many more years because of it.
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8 repliesIt was great to see you at the show over the weekend - twice! We ended up with just over six grand in sales, although most of that came after the show closed yesterday - our place got flooded with people after everyone else closed down. We were lucky to have such a large, COOL place to display, and will probably never have that many canvas prints on display at the same time again (84 of them suckers).
I'll be heading out the door in a while to give a slide program at the OHTA meeting tonight, and maybe sell a few prints. Hope you can make it.