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Josey's Barn

As I was photographing the grain elevator at Sharples (the image I posted just before this one) a guy drove up in his truck. He looked to be in his late 60s and turned out to be the owner of the land (4th generation, he told me, proudly). He had worked at the elevator before it was closed an abandoned in the early 80s. He had been set to 'coopering' at age 11 - cleaning out the train box cars, and sealing them once they were filled with grain. He told me all sorts of stories about the homestead he lived in across the road - like the fact the water now contains so much natural gas you can light it on fire, that the milk cow, Josey, was so smart she knew to come in from the fields at 4pm so his mother could milk her and that his great-grandfather bought the land on a 'Pope Lease' after coming back from fighting in WWI.

I've written a short blog post about my trip, if you'd like to read it.

If you'd like, take a look at my other Prairies images, as well as my ongoing project to photograph old, abandoned grain elevators. As well, if you're feeling particularly interested, you can read an essay I wrote for Nathan Wirth's Slices of Silence blog on my feelings of connection to the places I shoot, especially the Prairies.

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Taken on: December 23, 2017

Tags:

Alberta

Sharples

Canada

Prairies « less

Sets appears in: • Canadian Prairies in Winter • Canadian Prairies more » • Winter Minimalism • High Key « less

Groups appears in: • The WOW Effect

Camera: Nikon D750, f/22.0, 1/6 sec, 14mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.167 sec (1/6)
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.12 (Windows)
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