History In The Landscape

Here are some images from previous seasons that have been burning a hole in the folder! If you’ve been following this blog you already know that I have a thing for weathered and old style, rural buildings. They have fascinated me since I was young, and I’m sure that they will always call to me. Sadly, it is getting scarce to find new subjects within a day’s outing. I have photographed a couple of these before but in a different way or, in different lighting and conditions. If you viewed my 2023 Favorites gallery and some look familiar, a couple did make the cut in that collection as well. The following are from the fall and earlier. For this post I purposely left out some detail shots, wanting to keep the landscape a requisite for this collection.

The Colorado Boy Headframe is one of the remaining buildings in the Ouray Mining District, in Colorado.
‘Colorado Boy Headframe’ © Denise Bush
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The small size of an old abandoned cabin is accentuated by the large cottonwood beside it.
‘Little Cabin, Big Tree’ © Denise Bush
A old-style log barn stands the test of time.
‘Log Barn In Autumn’ © Denise Bush
A weather but still quaint house makes us wonder about its past.
‘House With Side Porch’ © Denise Bush
An old cabin lies on the edge of ranch grazing land.
‘Little Cabin On The Double RL’ © Denise Bush
Remnants left in a ghost town remind us of a time gone by.
‘Left Behind’ © Denise Bush
An old homestead sinks into the ground hoping to survisve the upcoming winter months.
‘Once Inhabited’ © Denise Bush
Yellows and oranges light up the sky and the autumn trees below.
‘Sunrise Over The Ranch’ © Denise Bush
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My passion for photography has rewarded me with the opportunity to examine the world carefully. My approach is intuitive and I choose to impose no constraints – leaving myself open only to possibilities. As a professional designer I am drawn to images that offer a strong composition, pattern and rhythm. Creating images with a unique perspective while sometimes pushing the limits of traditional composition 'rules' excites me. Landscapes, nature subjects and things from the past are common themes in my work.

34 thoughts on “History In The Landscape”

  5. Beautiful collection. House With Side Porch stands out to me, although I couldn’t tell you why. Truth is, I am fascinated by all of these, and try to imagine the stories these lonely dwellings might tell.

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  6. In the second picture, the colorful land in the distance could almost pass for a twilight sky. In fact you can compare to ‘Sunrise Over the Ranch.’

    Sorry you’re running out of dilapidated buildings within a day’s drive. Maybe you should put an ad in Craigslist asking people to let you know about any out-of-the-way ones.

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    1. Yes … similar colors in those two. Well, there really aren’t many roads around here and the county roads are mostly dirt (or mud), rock and rugged. I’ve scoured most of them here and in surrounding counties. The jeep roads have some cool mining buildings but most are way up high, narrow, risky and only accessible during the late spring, summer and early fall. I have been on many of them but there are many I won’t do alone. Just need to venture out further and further I guess.

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  10. You know I love those old, abandoned structures. I especially like the next to final image (Once Inhabited) with the bright, fall Aspens in the background.

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  12. I’m a sucker for these, too. The beauty of your images is that even when you photograph the same subjects, be they magnificent mountains or groves of trees or old buildings, you find new ways to see and capture the subjects.

    Left Behind really reached out to me.

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  14. Gorgeous scenes and the buildings are the cherry on top. I love the building that looks like it just sort of has “sat down” with an elongated sighhhhhh. Great finds and in really beautiful places.

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  15. Ever since I’ve known you, you have been interested in old buildings. I think you even sparked that interest in me. My favorite image in this series is “Colorado Boy Headframe”. The building adds a point of interest in what would otherwise be just a mixture of greens and yellows.

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