Clarence Spindler and his "See Rock City" barn. U.S. Hwy. 41, Gibson County, Indiana.
(Repost from August, 2011.)
It
was early morning when I pulled up to Clarence Spindler's farmhouse on
U.S. Highway 41 just north of Evansville, Indiana. Clarence and I had
never met; in fact I was not even sure he was still living. All I had to
go on was an old file card from the 1960s which had been used by the
sign painters who traveled the countryside back then painting "See Rock
City" on every barn whose owner would permit it. Thirty-some years
later, I was there in pursuit of my quest to make a photograph (and a
book) of every Rock City barn still in existence.
Several
knocks having produced no answer, I went on around to the barn and
began making photographs: first, a series in half-stop brackets, then
the same with a Cokin #85 filter to emphasize the warm feel of the
rising sun. Clarence himself arrived on the scene just then, and after a
few minutes of introduction and pleasant reminiscing I asked if he
would mind being in my picture. He allowed that it would be all right
and stood where I asked as I made another set of bracketed exposures.
"Better and better," I thought. I had a good photo of the barn alone,
and an even better photo of Clarence and his barn.
Then
serendipity sent a kitten to wrap itself around Clarence's legs and
look up at me with eyes gleaming in the morning light.
(Canon EOS A2,
24mm Canon EF lens, Fujichrome Sensia film, Cokin #85 pro-series
filter.)
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