[PICS] Death of a Small Town

On Jan 31, 10:08*pm, JimKramer wrote:
On Jan 31, 9:55*pm, wrote:

On Jan 30, 8:58*pm, JimKramer wrote:

These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)http://www..jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...

I was really into the grainy film years ago. *It gave a dramatic,
bleak, cold effect to the street photography I was doing. *It brought
out the emotion and feeling of what the person was enduring.
I agree that a slower film speed gives a cleaner and sharper image,
but in some cases when you need to show the severity of pain a person
is enduring in their life, or in this case the death of a small town,
that grainy look just adds to what you're trying to say.
Some great documentary images there Jim!
Helen

Thanks Helen,
Jim (Agony) Kramer :-)


"Jim (Agony) Kramer :-)"
LOL.
If my life were to be documented, the use of a high speed film,
rendering a lot of grain would be very appropriate.
Helen

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

It sad to see some good examples of architecture being left to decay, I
would imagine there are many more such towns.
America needs to reinvest in itself, imo.

Good work, excellent film choice for the subject matter. Thanks for sharing.


"JimKramer" wrote in message
...
These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...

On Feb 1, 1:40 pm, "Joseph Kewfi" wrote:
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

It sad to see some good examples of architecture being left to decay, I
would imagine there are many more such towns.
America needs to reinvest in itself, imo.

Good work, excellent film choice for the subject matter. Thanks for sharing.

"JimKramer" wrote in message

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These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...- Hide quoted text -

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As long as "Americans" continue to think of farmers as "Dumb Hicks"
instead of the people that feed them, the small towns that support
those farmers will continue to whither and die and the land bought up
by the industrial farms. There was even an article in the January US
edition of National Geographic of the fate of many small towns - "the
Emptied Prairie"

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...wden-text.html
or
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...otography.html

It's really hard to give a damn about a crumbling bit of stone, when
you can't afford to feed yourself.

"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
...
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

It sad to see some good examples of architecture being left to decay, I
would imagine there are many more such towns.
America needs to reinvest in itself, imo.

Good work, excellent film choice for the subject matter. Thanks for
sharing.


"JimKramer" wrote in message
...
These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...


There are many small towns (and some not so small) in this country that
originated because of one industry, such as mining. Then, at some later
date, that industry (that the whole town depended on) shut down for one
reason or another. the industry might have become obsolete, or the mines
played out, or it moved to another place.....Whatever. Then the town pulled
back, and became much smaller. This is a natural process, and is not the
least unusual. I am sure that it happens in other places or countries too.
If you make buggy whips for a living, then you might expect that when the
horse is replaced by the automobile, you will be out of business unless you
convert your factory into a brake shoe business or some such thing. Also,
like restaurants, when the cook dies, the place frequently goes out of
business. It is not the case that the sons always keep a business going
after the original founder dies or retires.

On Jan 31, 7:49*am, JimKramer wrote:
On Jan 30, 11:35*pm, The Dave© wrote:

JimKramer wrote:

These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...

Interesting. *The extra grain of the 3200 enhances the feeling of
bleakness. *How 'small' of a town is it?

Gotta lose that background on the thumbnail page, though.

Just under 6000 in the 2000 census.

Geez, how long has 6000 been considered a small town. I live a city
that's smaller than that.

Pat wrote:
On Jan 31, 7:49 am, JimKramer wrote:
On Jan 30, 11:35 pm, The Dave© wrote:

JimKramer wrote:
These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm
The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...
Interesting. The extra grain of the 3200 enhances the feeling of
bleakness. How 'small' of a town is it?
Gotta lose that background on the thumbnail page, though.
Just under 6000 in the 2000 census.

Geez, how long has 6000 been considered a small town. I live a city
that's smaller than that.

That's a surprise. Even here in little New Zealand, to become a city
requires either a cathedral in town or a population of minimum 20,000.

Where do you live then?

Colin D

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Colin_D wrote:
Pat wrote:
On Jan 31, 7:49 am, JimKramer wrote:
On Jan 30, 11:35 pm, The Dave© wrote:

JimKramer wrote:
These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm
The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...
Interesting. The extra grain of the 3200 enhances the feeling of
bleakness. How 'small' of a town is it?
Gotta lose that background on the thumbnail page, though.
Just under 6000 in the 2000 census.

Geez, how long has 6000 been considered a small town. I live a city
that's smaller than that.

That's a surprise. Even here in little New Zealand, to become a city
requires either a cathedral in town or a population of minimum 20,000.

Where do you live then?

I live in a small "city" in N. Ca., ca. 12,000. It's a "city"
officially, but only by designation/charter. It's a town by every other
definition.

I've visited places here in the US with populations well in excess of
20,000, but are towns by most definitions. There has to be some "there"
there. I rather like the NZ concept!

--
John McWilliams

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...wden-text.html
or
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...otography.html

I saw this feature already in the print edition, thanks just as well.

"JimKramer" wrote in message
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On Feb 1, 1:40 pm, "Joseph Kewfi" wrote:
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

It sad to see some good examples of architecture being left to decay, I
would imagine there are many more such towns.
America needs to reinvest in itself, imo.

Good work, excellent film choice for the subject matter. Thanks for
sharing.

"JimKramer" wrote in message

...



These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200 in a
small town near dusk.

Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm

The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

As long as "Americans" continue to think of farmers as "Dumb Hicks"
instead of the people that feed them, the small towns that support
those farmers will continue to whither and die and the land bought up
by the industrial farms. There was even an article in the January US
edition of National Geographic of the fate of many small towns - "the
Emptied Prairie"

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...wden-text.html
or
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...otography.html

It's really hard to give a damn about a crumbling bit of stone, when
you can't afford to feed yourself.

John McWilliams wrote:
Colin_D wrote:
Pat wrote:
On Jan 31, 7:49 am, JimKramer wrote:
On Jan 30, 11:35 pm, The Dave© wrote:

JimKramer wrote:
These are from this past summer, an entire roll of Delta 3200
in a small town near dusk.
Death of a Small Town (An Evening With A Roll of Delta 3200)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/LT/SmallTown1.htm
The good, the bad, the ugly and the absurd...
Interesting. The extra grain of the 3200 enhances the feeling of
bleakness. How 'small' of a town is it?
Gotta lose that background on the thumbnail page, though.
Just under 6000 in the 2000 census.

Geez, how long has 6000 been considered a small town. I live a
city that's smaller than that.

That's a surprise. Even here in little New Zealand, to become a
city requires either a cathedral in town or a population of minimum
20,000.

Where do you live then?

I live in a small "city" in N. Ca., ca. 12,000. It's a "city"
officially, but only by designation/charter. It's a town by every
other definition.

I've visited places here in the US with populations well in excess of
20,000, but are towns by most definitions. There has to be some
"there" there. I rather like the NZ concept!

In most states, "city" is merely a legal definition, for incorporation,
basically. For many years I lived in a 'city' with a population of
900+/- in NoCal.

I've seen some places of 100,000 population that were regional hubs,
and thus cities, yet I've also seen places of 100,000 population that
were merely suburbs of larger cities, and basically still towns.

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:57:05 -0800, "William Graham"
wrote:

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Also,
like restaurants, when the cook dies, the place frequently goes out of
business. It is not the case that the sons always keep a business going
after the original founder dies or retires.

In French, there is a saying which goes something like "the first
generation founds the business, the second expands it...

....and the third bankrupts it" !