Friday, April 29, 2011

Joe Viger Photography at the Freedom Public Library


My hometown library in Freedom, NH is a treasure with great staff, resources and community involvement. Heck, they even open for trick or treat on Halloween night!

The Library regularly hosts art showings coordinated by Trustee and Painter Peg Scully and I am excited to have been asked to be the featured artist for May and June.

Think about taking a spring drive to beautiful Freedom Village and see some Joe Viger Photography! While you're here you can check out the coolest small town library in New Hampshire, hike Green Mountain or Mount Mary, wander the Town's land at Trout Pond or take a paddle on Loon Lake. Let me know you're coming and I'll buy you a cup of coffee at the Freedom Village Store!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Redstone Quarry

Mid-day on Friday I found myself with my camera on my shoulder wandering the trails of the abandoned Redstone Quarry. With the sun high in the sky, this is the worst time of day for making pictures. I've also been to the quarry several times, but more than anything I needed to walk off a tough morning. Getting outside to take pictures always makes whatever burden I'm carrying melt away. It's the zen of the shutter click.

I stopped by the abandoned bath house and made a couple of images.

Redstone Quarry Wash House

Poking around in the woods nearby always yields something interesting like this bed frame.

Redstone Quarry Bedframe

Mountain biking in the area once, I found a huge green granite pillar, but the last time I was here I couldn't locate it. Local trails expert and friend Paul Kirsch to the rescue with some cell phone guidance.

Redstone Quarry Green Granite Pillar

The granite column is remarkable, polished smooth and almost three feet across at it's base. The monster sized lathe that turned this column is about a quarter of a mile away. It's amazing to think about freshly quarried granite blocks being moved around the site and then turned into architectural columns. A railroad line used to move the granite out of the quarry and Paul pointed me towards this set of ties.

Redstone Quarry Rail Line

Later Paul send a map that still shows the old railroad spur. I've marked it with a P signifying the approximate location of the stone pillar and the Q showing the area where the primary quarries were located.



You can find a set of my images from Conway's Redstone Quarry on Flickr and learn more at The Backside of America from a piece I contributed back in December.
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