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Fifty years, twelve thousand photographs, one filing cabinet
When I started photographing barns I had no particular goal in mind. Digitizing the negatives changed that. A note on how the archive became a book — and what I look for when I pull over on a back road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.
- Barn anatomy
- February 20, 2026
English barn or Yankee barn? Reading a roofline
A low-pitched roof with doors under the eaves came over from Europe. A steep pitch with doors on the gable end was the Yankee answer to New England winters. Here is how to tell them apart from the road.