Project Starts Anew
Since this project has been festering with me since 2006, I figured this summer would be the last time for awhile I will be in the Ohio area. So for the next few weekends, I will be in Ohio photographing and recording the summer festivals. I grew up in Ohio, and having lived in other parts of the country, I have come to appreciate Ohio’s landscape and culture. Whether by nostalgia or curiosity (or both), I simultaneously know and don’t know, Ohio. I want to learn more about it, and show others what it is all about. Also, I like to travel, and while Ohio isn’t known as a huge travel destination, there still exists locations off the beaten path, where wonder and excitement still lies (and I like to travel).
I plan on taking many, many photographs of Ohio and Ohioans, which I will post right here in this website. A self-published photo-journal is also in the works, as well as a show both here in New York City and hopefully in Ohio.
This blog will be a record of my thoughts, some photos on location and location information.
Since this project has been festering with me since 2006, I figured this summer would be the last time for awhile I will be in the Ohio area. So for the next few weekends, I will be in Ohio photographing and recording the summer festivals. I grew up in Ohio, and having lived in other parts of the country, I have come to appreciate Ohio’s landscape and culture. Whether by nostalgia or curiosity (or both), I simultaneously know and don’t know, Ohio. I want to learn more about it, and show others what it is all about. Also, I like to travel, and while Ohio isn’t known as a huge travel destination, there still exists locations off the beaten path, where wonder and excitement still lies (and I like to travel).
I plan on taking many, many photographs of Ohio and Ohioans, which I will post right here in this website. A self-published photo-journal is also in the works, as well as a show both here in New York City and hopefully in Ohio.
This blog will be a record of my thoughts, some photos on location and location information.
Algonquin Mill at Petersburg
Northeastern Ohio was, and continues to be, a center of industry. For Carroll County the turn-of-the-century provided many opportunities for economic and technologic advancement. Algonquin Mill at Petersburg (photos) was constructed during the great migrations of the early 1800′s grinding wheat, corn and buckwheat. Brenda Krekeler, who authors the excellent Ohio’s Old Mills Today website, [...]
Miami-Erie Canal
The Miami-Erie Canal connects Toledo in the north to Cincinnati in the south was built from 1825 to 1845 – by hand. As part of the construction, Grand Lake St. Marys was created as a reservoir feeding the canal. The canal runs through Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Defiance, Hamilton, Henry, Lucas, Miami, Montgomery, Paulding, Putnam, Shelby, [...]
Ohio Bicentennial Barns
While not only in Allen County, Ohio Bicentennial Barns was a project begun in 1997 to celebrate Ohio’s Bicentennial in 2003. Scott Hagan was commissioned to paint at least one barn in each county – by hand – so no single barn is identical. The Ohio Historical Society has more information: Hagan completed all of [...]
Serpent Mound State Memorial
A nearly quarter-mile long the Serpent Mound outside Peebles (Adams County) was probably constructed by what we now call the Adena, which prospered in Southern Ohio between 800 BC-AD 100. Serpent Mound runs for approximately 1,300 feet as a five-six foot mound which points to both the Summer and Winter Solstices – the scholars think. [...]
Darke County Courthouse, Sheriff’s House, and Jail
The Darke County Courthouse, Sheriff’s House, and Jail located in Greenville (Darke County – pop. 13,294) completed in 1874 is an excellent example of small town county courthouses across Ohio. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the courthouse sits at the center of Darke County’s court system. For more information on county courthouses [...]
Ohio Statehouse
As Columbus is the Capitol of Ohio, then it needs a statehouse. While not as huge as Kentucky’s (which has two), the Ohio Statehouse on Capitol Square exudes elegance. Recently restored, the Statehouse is an excellent example of Greek Revival, constructed out of Ohio limestone quarried from the west banks of the Scioto River. Begun [...]
Contemporary Arts Center
While the Contemporary Arts Center by Zaha Hadid, a Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, is probably not the most important American building to be completed since the end of the cold war, it is still a building worth your notice. Located in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati, the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, [...]
Marblehead Lighthouse State Park
Northwest Ohio has been a bastion of industry since the Firelands were settled. Marblehead Light, built in 1822 for a paltry sum of $5,000 outlayed by the U.S. Government, is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Marblehead Lighthouse State Park is located close to Lake Erie Islands State Park – a collection [...]
Ashtabula Harbor
One of the fascinating aspects of the Lake Erie shore, is how quickly the transformation from industrial mess to nature occurs along the northern edge of Ohio. Both are beautiful, for quite different ends. One such place is Ashtabula Harbor (Ashtabula County – map). While a shell of its’ former glory, Ashtabula harbor during World [...]