Southern West Virginia: Hard as the rocks from which its hewn, beautiful as the natural forces that soothe.
I’m working on a piece of creative non-fiction about southern West Virginia. It’s a different world. More on that another day.
I was in the area yesterday working on a project. Here’s what I encountered.
Above: Clear Fork Creek, deep in Raleigh County.
Below: A railroad trestle far above the road. It may be part of a future recreational rail trail.
Bottom: A barn clinging to life in the town of Artie.
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Joseph E Bird 
August 19, 2015 at 9:16 am
Can we go to that creek for a day trip?
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August 19, 2015 at 9:37 am
It’s not really very accessible. I had to cross an old, semi-dangerous trestle, and then climb down around it just to get that photo.
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August 20, 2015 at 11:46 pm
I can’t wait to read what you write …
Beautiful stuff here, as usual. 🙂
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August 21, 2015 at 8:18 am
When I’m standing there with the camera, I find myself asking, What would Ashley do? I aspire.
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August 21, 2015 at 4:35 pm
What a high compliment. 🙂 Really, I just frame everything in-camera, which is why so many of my shots are so strange (interesting?). This is a bad habit for anyone who wants to sell photos to people who would like to resize them to fit on their walls. But I think it makes me a better photographer & I have absolutely no commercial aspirations, so I’m okay with that. 😉
Happy shooting!
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