It all falls down
Whatever used to be there is now just a pile of bricks. I know this isn’t how it works, but I had the impression that those bricks just all let go, at the same time.
St. Paul, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
PS. So, I decided to look at a map of St. Paul, Nebraska. And while I was looking at the map, I decided to take myself on a little street-view tour, where I saw this image from April 2012. See how the building’s gone, but the pile of bricks isn’t even there? Now I think maybe the bricks are slowly returning to the site and will reassemble themselves into that building….
Posted on September 15, 2014, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, Lebanon Nebraska, melinda green harvey, monochrome, nebraska, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography. Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.
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I think you need to set up a surveillance camera at this site. I’d like to see those bricks in action!
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I am thinking of asking Ehpem to set up a time-lapse for me. I think, generally speaking, bricks move fairly slowly, so he’d probably only need one or two photos per week….
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That’s funny!
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Glad you enjoyed it! I had fun writing this one.
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To be on the safe side, and considering a frame rate of 24 fps, you would want a shot a day, at least. Otherwise it would take, at one per week, a whole year to get 2 seconds of video. One sneeze and you would miss it – a sort of sneeze you lose scenario. Besides which I am not sure there is much more to do in St. Paul so it could get real boring hanging around waiting to take the next shot.
The little drifts or micro-dunes of old mortar are really nice. Or maybe they are machine tracks.
I sure like this picture – what a great non-building. And even the google view is really nice. What a great spot. Sometime ago, and I can’t even remember when or where, I took a shot and probably posted it which showed faint traces of an old building outline – a few bits of flashing. I really liked that there were two buildings in the photograph, one a ghost, the other still bricks and mortar. This is even better than what I saw. And I love that long and faint sloping line that comes out of the right side of the former building outline and disappears stage right. What the heck was that from?
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(You may want to get with Andy and set up some kind of co-monitoring.)
I can’t even imagine what that sloping line could have been. It’s very low, too low for a carport. Maybe it was a downspout that drained toward the alley. Maybe when you’re there, monitoring the situation, you could ask around?
Also, the local radio station broadcasts over loudspeakers that are just a half-block away from this place, so you’ll have plenty of music and local news and etc. to break up the monotony of one shot/day.
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I noticed on the map link that a building or so away is a bar, with Keno. I suppose that is another option, for breaks anyway.
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That’s right! I’d forgotten about Keno, which is probably one of the only entertainment options available.
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That’s given me the first chuckle of the day, Melinda. Ken’s right – this place needs monitoring. If you pay expenses I ‘ll come over and stake it out.
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Unfortunately, I will not be able to pay expenses. I do, however, have in-laws in the area, and we may be able to work something out with them so you’d have a place to stay (when you were on approved breaks from you important monitoring job). Maybe you and Ehpem could work out some kind of a job-sharing arrangement, but I’ll leave that to the two of you – I hate being caught in the middle of delicate negotiations.
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Oh Shucks!
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Sorry – maybe we can work something out later….!
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