Comments on: Corn Crib [ West Central Iowa]

By: Matt Niebuhr

Matt Niebuhr — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:57:00 +0000

Dave:

Thanks for visiting – I’m glad you enjoyed. I like your projects on your web http://www.loudounlandscapes.com/

The video about disappearing landscape (change / potential) of Loudoun is full of challenging and provoking imagery about the notion of “how we develop the land”… Great Question: What is good land use practice?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:10:00 +0000

Terrific work, thanks for sharing!

By: Matt Niebuhr

Matt Niebuhr — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:08:00 +0000

Thanks James. I also am concerned that the nostalgia and quaint appearance sometimes becomes too much in the barn photograph and so I’m still working them to keep that to a minimum.

Your midwest photos are very striking. I am always interested in seeing what others notice and decide to photograph – especially if it is a familiar “image” in a new light.

By: James Shull

James Shull — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:53:00 +0000

I've been looking at several of your portfolio links and I'd have to say that the the plant/weed/grasses work grabs me the hardest. Nicely done.

It's difficult not to be drawn to barns. I've struggled with what to do with them myself -with a fear that I'll create something to quaint.

Yours have a stark straightforwardness, like sterile mugshots of bygone personalities. Glad you have the site.

By: Matt Niebuhr

Matt Niebuhr — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:05:00 +0000

thx Jen. I’m really getting interested in finding these old cribs. It’s probably because I am longing for those old personal memories of living on the farm myself. I remember the corncrib and barn on our old farm – lots of fun playing / climbing around in them. And I remember all the work associated with helping Dad out on the farm too…. especially the excitement around harvest time!(although our corn crib had been converted to hold shelled corn, it still had a lot of the same sort of look) – Harvest time… when it was all important to get the crop in out of the field.. working late at night – tractors… wagons… old cup grain elevators… unloading grain – grease and cold fingers…hurring to get back out to the field in time for Dad to fill the wagon back up…. All fun and important stuff for a young kid to be helping his Dad accomplish…

I guess I can’t help but see these things by the road side where nothing much else is left but a patch of grass and maybe a lane leading up to the old building… I see these old things and can’t help but imagine the stories that might go along with them.

By: Jege (Jen)

Jege (Jen) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:38:00 +0000

Great texture, composition, and color on this one, Matt.