wingell 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Here's a shot taken in 1968 for a Philadelphia Bulletin Sunday Magazine article about the 1000-square-mile expanse of dwarf pine forest that covers much of southern New Jersey and the descendants--they called themselves "pineys"--of European settlers who once lived in the region's isolated hamlets and eked out a living in iron furnaces and paper mills. Link to comment
pinokio 0 Posted August 11, 2009 I like the way you use tonality that matches simple composition and subject matter. It gives a sense of passing time. Link to comment
Mike Marcotte 50,111 Posted August 13, 2009 I like this a lot Bill. I like the name of the town too, sounds like something from a novel. Link to comment
wingell 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Thanks for the kind words, guys. Mike, it's interesting you mentioned how the town's name sounded like something from a novel. The pine barrens did have a kind of "stranger than fiction" character to it. And, curiously, the assignment I had from the Bulletin magazine was to illustrate an article about New Yorker writer John McPhee and his pine barrens article that went on to become one of his most successful books. Thanks again for stopping by. All the best...Bill Link to comment
Alex_Es 388 Posted July 13, 2011 This photograph speaks volumes. The tonalities are fantastic. Shades of Walker Evans, I think. But entirely your genius, of course. This is going into my "Favorites." Link to comment
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