Portraits of Place

12/30/2011

Standing Chimp

Filed under: curiosities,taxidermy — shaunoboyle @ 6:22 pm

Standing Chimp

11/13/2011

Cartoon Bridge

Filed under: curiosities,landscape,rail — shaunoboyle @ 5:41 pm

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10/23/2011

164.83

Filed under: curiosities,rail — shaunoboyle @ 10:08 am

164.83

10/16/2011

Raptor Over Landscape

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,nature,portraits — shaunoboyle @ 8:20 am

Raptor Over Landscape

10/08/2011

Bennington and back

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,travel — shaunoboyle @ 10:00 pm

Art Museum

Pheasant with books

three dolls

Battle Monument

09/18/2011

mashup

Filed under: curiosities,flea market,objects — shaunoboyle @ 7:42 pm

mashup

Andy

Filed under: curiosities — shaunoboyle @ 7:21 pm

Andy

07/16/2011

Breakfast Memories

Filed under: curiosities,food,objects — shaunoboyle @ 4:46 pm

Breakfast Memories

07/03/2011

Grandma Predicts Your Future

Filed under: curiosities,travel — shaunoboyle @ 10:10 pm

Grandma Predicts Your Future - Lake George, NY

06/19/2011

Anatomy of a Bullfrog

Filed under: curiosities,nature,objects — shaunoboyle @ 11:50 am

Anatomy of a Bullfrog

05/01/2011

Brontozoum Sillimanium

Filed under: curiosities,nature — shaunoboyle @ 7:39 am

A recent trip to the Natural History Museum at Amherst College revealed a beautiful collection of ichnofossils: geological records of biological activity. I find these 250 million year old fossil traces extremely interesting. There are some distant parallels between fossils and photographs. These tracks represent small bits of information, snapshots of moments in time, but captured in layers of sedimentary rock rather than emulsion or bits.

Brontozoum Sillimanium

Ichnofossil

ichnofossil 51/8

Anisopus Gracilis

Filed under: curiosities,nature — Tags: — shaunoboyle @ 6:17 am

Fossils interest me because they trace an event, and tell a story with a very small amount of information. Enough to start building a narrative and imagining a moment, a place, an event. There is an element of mystery. Unlocking secrets, discovering things that are hidden, exploring unknown strata. Fossils have a similar attraction as good photographs. Each tell an open ended story with a limited amount of information.

Batrachopodidae

ichnofossil

ichnofossil

04/23/2011

Index 3 – Sample 199 & 200

Filed under: curiosities,nature,objects,taxidermy — shaunoboyle @ 2:30 pm

 

12/10/2010

Books

Filed under: architecture,books,curiosities — shaunoboyle @ 1:37 pm

My current project is photographing along the Hoosac Rail line, which eventually leads to Albany NY. An interesting city with a lot of layers to explore.

09/27/2010

trophies

Filed under: curiosities,objects — Tags: — shaunoboyle @ 3:20 pm

A favorite subject.

09/22/2010

before, during and after

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities — Tags: , — shaunoboyle @ 8:43 pm

08/10/2010

Iphone friendly theme added

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,Hoosac Tunnel,people,portraits — shaunoboyle @ 11:14 am

I’ve added an iphone friendly theme to this site, so that mobile users can view posts on this site easier. Let me know if you see any problems with the site if you are viewing with an iphone or other mobile device.

Below are a few photographs from the Hoosac Transect project. This is an ongoing project which began as a study of the Hoosac Tunnel, and has grown into a project photographing anything interesting along this old rail line.
More photographs can be seen at this link here.

08/09/2010

Photo Book Now contest

Filed under: books,curiosities — shaunoboyle @ 11:20 am

I have my self published book Bazaar/ Curiosities submitted to the Photo Book Now contest at Blurb.com.

Have a look at my submission, and give a vote for it if you like what you see.

Vote for my Book in the Photography Book Now competition.

06/05/2010

Dalton Carnival

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,people,portraits — Tags: , — shaunoboyle @ 10:07 am

What photographer can resist the the traveling carnival as a subject? The Carnival is in town.

Dalton Carnival

Dalton Carnival

Dalton Carnival

05/17/2010

Plymouth Belvedere

Filed under: cars,curiosities,objects — Tags: , , , — shaunoboyle @ 6:47 am

One of the great things about heading out with your camera is finding the unexpected. I was hiking by a river, scouting for another project, when I stumbled upon this abandoned Plymouth Belvedere. I think it is a 1954 Belvedere, but not certain of that. It is quite well preserved, considering it had been sitting here for uncounted years. The doors were locked, windows shut. I’ll be following up with a revisit to this beautiful old car.

05/16/2010

Hoosac Tunnel – East and West Portals

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,Hoosac Tunnel,rail — Tags: , , , — shaunoboyle @ 9:51 pm

Hoosac Tunnel - East Portal

Hoosac Tunnel West Portal

These photographs – both taken on the same day, show the east and west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. I shot the west portal first, early in the morning, then drove over the Hoosac mountain range to get to the east portal, during which time a train came through, leaving a lot of diesel smoke in the tunnel. Still an interesting comparison of the two end of one of the oldest tunnels in the US. The west end is looking pretty shabby, with the remains of a broken door covering the original beautiful stone work entrance. This should be removed, it is a historic tunnel, bought with the lives of over 200 men during the 25 years of construction, and it deserves to be better tended and preserved. The two ends are almost 5 miles apart in a straight line, but the tunnel ascends from both ends to a high point in the center, so you can’t see through to the other portal.

05/10/2010

Nature represented

Filed under: berkshires,curiosities,objects — Tags: , , , — shaunoboyle @ 6:58 am
Saw Whet Owls

If you dissect a bird

to diagram his tongue

you’ll cut the chord

articulating song

Weasels

 If you flay a beast

to marvel at the mane,

you’ll wreck the rest

from which the fur began

 

Stanza’s from  Trio Of Love Songs  by Sylvia Plath

05/09/2010

Cocktails and Bowling

Filed under: architecture,berkshires,curiosities,ruins — shaunoboyle @ 2:22 pm

cocktails and bowling

Does it get any better than cocktails and bowling?

05/06/2010

Brain of Trout – Brain of Hare

Filed under: curiosities,objects — Tags: , , , , — shaunoboyle @ 9:43 pm

I couldn’t resist these exquisite biology class models of brains. The models I photographed here are quite old, and show years of student handling. In the upper photo on the left is a trout brain, on right is a hare brain. In the lower photo, trout on left and pigeon brain on the right. I didn’t note what the center model was, anyone know, or care to hazard a guess?

The models are made by the Denoyer-Geppert Co., and a quick visit to their website shows some excellent anatomy models. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t find any fish, amphibian or bird brains listed on their current web catalog.
Hare brain and bird brain, now we have the models to see what they actually look like.

04/19/2010

School Desk

Filed under: curiosities,flea market,Uncategorized — Tags: , , — shaunoboyle @ 6:43 am

School Desk
Old objects can have a life of their own, some subtle, others wear their history written on the surface. I found this old school desk at a junk shop in Vermont. Reading the graffitti brings me back to my days behind the desk, bored, waiting for the bell to ring. I’m currently working on a self published photo book on objects like this, finds from flea markets, garage sales and junk shops.

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