Granny’s House
21Feb14
On my way home from a photography outing, I stopped at a place I had been eyeing for years. Maybe I was waiting for time to make it just right. On close inspection I saw some details that I liked. A colorful, granny square afghan hung in one window and lace curtains in others. The peeling paint and old styling called to me to photograph the rich textures years had left behind. Lonely, the old house told me a story of its last resident while I listened and recorded it with my camera.
‘Granny Squares’ © Denise Bush
‘Lace Curtains’ © Denise Bush
‘She Liked Lace Curtains’ © Denise Bush
‘Granny’s House’ © Denise Bush
‘Granny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’ © Denise Bush
Filed under: Abandoned, Architecture, Photography | 32 Comments
Tags: abandoned, building, HDR, old, photography, window
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Love “Lace Curtains.” Who would think pealing paint could be so expressive? It makes such a great texture. Love it…
Thanks Cathie. I like the pairing of the lace with the old peeling paint.
Love the granny square window! Great job. I can’t believe you waited that long to stop!
If I had seen the lace and granny squares from the road I surely would have stopped sooner!
How do you think the granny square window would look if you kept the blanket in color and the rest in B& W?
I thought about doing that and think it would work very easily and well with this. I wondered if it might seem ‘gimicky’ so I decided to leave it straight.
Nicely photographed and a wonderful subject. You have great eye for finding interesting things that others would simply pass by.
Thanks Ken. I am always on the hunt for these kinds of subjects!
Terrific images. I love the afghan in the window. These old places are a treasure trove of character. Thank you for sharing it. 🙂 🙂
Thanks Sharon!
Way cool run down house!
Thanks for coming to look Terry. At first I didn’t think it was much but when I found what was hanging in the windows and the round shingles too, I started having fun!
Really nice images, and a very nice writeup.
Evocative: “the rich textures years had left behind” and “Lonely, the old house told me a story of its last resident.”
I’m also surprised the quilt hadn’t been “borrowed.”
Thank you Ralph! I like that you appreciate the prose from time to time.
Beautiful images…
Thanks so much for all your kind comments!
Nice series of shots – I like shooting windows and to find so many variations on a theme in a single location is fantastic. Good find!
Thank you Robert. I’d like to get all my window shots together sometime … there’s a lot of them!
A project to be sure, but may be worth it.
Nice series. I really love the first one. Great!
Thank you very much!
Wonderful photos! I love the texture of the peeling paint and the window “treatments”!
Thank you Patricia! I’m discovering that I respond to images (mine or others) that have some sort of duality to them … whether it is the ideas or subjects themselves, or even a play on contrasting color or light.
Nice juxtaposition of ideas here. You said it in your commentary. The hard effects of nature on the outside and a soft human touch on the inside.
Thank you Rich for your insight and always well thought out comments. I appreciate that you take the time to absorb the images and think about your response.
Well said.
Great shots of the windows with the granny square afgan and lace curtains! You have an eye for detail, searching the human element that most do not see…
Thanks so much for looking at my images and taking the time to leave a comment.
Very nice images, especially the ones in colour!
Thanks so much Bertie!
Love it. Really like the prison pics too.
Thanks Kevin. I appreciate you taking the time to come look and leave a comment!