The Switch
Jul 11, 2014 12:55:22 #
I was in an old abandoned school building the other day, looking for some pictures and just enjoying being out with the camera. This was a fairly large building, 3 stories of concrete, which is mostly still standing. It had been abandoned rather abruptly when the great flood of '51 made it unusable and most of the town's citizens had moved elsewhere.
As I stood in the empty halls taking pictures I wanted to hear the voices of excited school kids, to feel the rush as they hurried from class to class...it just wasn't happening. Then I saw something small, something quite ordinary. Yet it was something that could be touched, knowing that it had been touched by many other hands.
It was a simple light switch that remained on a wall. I put my hand over it, closed my eyes and for just a moment there was laughter and voices...there was the hopes and dreams of children whose lives had been switched on as they sat in that classroom...there was the teacher who proudly stood at that switch and gazed back into her classroom before turning the lights off for the day. For just that few seconds I let the imagination roll...I love moments like that!
As I stood in the empty halls taking pictures I wanted to hear the voices of excited school kids, to feel the rush as they hurried from class to class...it just wasn't happening. Then I saw something small, something quite ordinary. Yet it was something that could be touched, knowing that it had been touched by many other hands.
It was a simple light switch that remained on a wall. I put my hand over it, closed my eyes and for just a moment there was laughter and voices...there was the hopes and dreams of children whose lives had been switched on as they sat in that classroom...there was the teacher who proudly stood at that switch and gazed back into her classroom before turning the lights off for the day. For just that few seconds I let the imagination roll...I love moments like that!
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Jul 11, 2014 14:12:47 #
Mac wrote:
Great detail and texture.
angela k wrote:
Great shot and love your story!!!
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thanks for the kind comments...glad you enjoyed the story!
Jul 11, 2014 15:21:17 #
I love those moments as well, wrr. This is a fantastic image and your narrative enhances it's story. Have missed your posts.
Jul 11, 2014 15:22:20 #
Jul 11, 2014 18:43:52 #
carlysue wrote:
I love those moments as well, wrr. This is a fantastic image and your narrative enhances it's story. Have missed your posts.
Thank you carlysue, always happy to share!
Jul 11, 2014 19:29:52 #
Thank you for the narrative and the photograph Wrr. It's good to see you again. :thumbup:
Jul 12, 2014 00:00:05 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Very interesting and creative image + story!
Thank you Linda...very much!
Jul 12, 2014 00:01:04 #
Bmac wrote:
Thank you for the narrative and the photograph Wrr. It's good to see you again. :thumbup:
You're welcome Bmac...glad to see you are still here!
Jul 13, 2014 02:41:15 #
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Jul 13, 2014 11:13:01 #
wowza! who would ever thought such enjoyment could be had from viewing a light switch?
Jul 13, 2014 11:13:24 #
wowza! who would ever thought such enjoyment could be had from viewing a light switch?
Jul 13, 2014 12:17:58 #
Ive Fallen wrote:
wowza! who would ever thought such enjoyment could be had from viewing a light switch?
Thanks... :thumbup:
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