FOTOGRAFY FORK

Basics of Forking Fotografer
Our fotografic fork is of many tines.

City & its streets, countryside & its roads, architecture & its details, people & [ their ]
nature, four legged companions & their Zoo brothers +++

The sunny side of being a forking fotografer: we never get bored. The cloudy side: they say, we are hard to identify with a particular photographic genre.

Travel bugs
We love to travel, no matter where to. We enjoy both the city and the nature.

When we’re 64
By then we might trade our fork for a chopstick.

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Historic Danville. Part 2

ContinuationPart 1

Harry Wooding Statue

This is a tribute to the longest serving Mayor in an American city.  
Mayor Harry Wooding served Danville for 46 years and still provides everyday 
leadership to the Danville judicial, standing in front of the Courthouse.
Harry Wooding Statue
Patton Street of Danville
Patton Street
Danville System

"On this site stood Neal's Warehouse where the "Danville System" of selling tobacco began in 1858. Previously tobacco had been sold by sample from hogsheads, but under the new system it was sold at auction in open, loose piles so buyers could examine the whole lot. It is in general use today."

Danville System
The Register  Building.Publishing house, built 1947. 

The Register



The Pythian Building, housing Phoenix Lodge #62.  
The Lodge is home to the Danville area members of the Knights of Pythias, 
a men’s fraternal service organization.
Pythian Building
Confederate Prison Number 6

Constructed in 1855 as a tobacco factory by Major William T.Sutherlin, this renovated structure housed Union prisoners during the Civil War, 1861-1865. 
It was one of six Danville Confederate prisons in which as many as 7000 Union soldiers were confined.
Confederate Prison Number 6
Worsham Street Bridge
 
The bridge was build in 1928 by the Atlantic Bridge Company of Greensboro, North Carolina. Replacing a smaller iron-and wood bridge from the early 1900s, it was an open-spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge and one of the longest and tallest of this type designed by noted engineer Daniel B.Luten. The bridge helped relieve traffic congestion on the nearby Main Street Bridge and facilitated farmers getting their tobacco crops to the warehouses and processing facilities on the south side of the river.  

The bridge and the street were named for William W.Worsham, whose grandfather was one of the founding fathers of Danville.

The bridge was the highest point above the Dan River. It was closed to traffic in 2004 and demolished in 2009.
A "monument" to Worsham Street Bridge
Barber Shop
Barber & Beauty Salon
North Union Place in last capital of the Confederate South
North Union Place

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Historic Danville, Part 1

We left the Virginia International Raceway (V.I.R.) and headed to Danville, 
a ville on the Dan, the city once enjoyed a reputation as one of the world's 
major markets of fine smoking leaf. 
It is known as the birthplace of "Bright Leaf Tobacco".
Godforsaken,
Rusty mailboxes
... well guarder flat agricultural surround
Field guard

Tobacco Warehouse District occupies about 40 blocks of the downtown Danville,
The Tobacco Warehouse District
... is a mix of factories, warehouses and residential housing constructed between 1870s and 1930s.
Golden Leaf
Tobacco cured walls,
Old Belt Storage
shady passages,
Residential area
Ivy League views
Abandoned warehouse
awaiting next wave of future residents
Uploading dock
"Safety first" rules; these fortress-like walls are still well protected.
Fire alarm
( to be continued )

Saturday, September 22, 2012

V.I.R.



   The 1st automobile race took place in France in 1894, from Paris to Rouen.
A round-trip race between Chicago and Evanston, IL, marked the 1st American 
race the following year.

    The Vanderbilt Cup and the American Grand Prize were the two premier 
events of the time, and the most famous races were held on public roads 
of Long Island, Savannah, Milwaukee and Santa Monica.

  
Opened for business in August, 1957, Virginia International Raceway (VIR)
soon became a fixture on the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) circuit. 
However, the fuel crisis of 1973 spelled its end.

   Transformed into a world-class road racing circuit, the facility reopened in 
2000, following the original track’s center line.

   We visited VIR last Summer with the members of the crew and the students 
of the California Superbike School.  The only other East Coast place on CA 
Superbike schedule is Thunderbolt Raceway in NJ.

Below is the story as seen through the lens.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Falling into Fall

"The dutch in old Amsterdam do it
Not to mention the fins..."


Englishmen in New Amsterdam do it.  We do it. You do it.
All shop for clothes!

For those about to shop for knitwear, stop by United Colors of Benetton in SOHO NYC.
 

(All creativity credits go the display designer Erik Ravelo / Fabrica
Bravo, Maestro !)

Stay warm!


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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

In Sun We Trust


Never seems to end Summer finally croaked dragging squinting and sweating with it.

Dumb ACs, throw open shutters, deserted beaches support the fact,
offering a long awaited break.

No doubt, summer'll be back. Which's likely be April in our corner.

In Sun We Trust, don't we?

SunTrust Bank, Annapolis MD
Well, let's give it a warm farewell in this photo retrospective.
On Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn NY
On the beach. Brooklyn NY
On the beach. Brooklyn NY
On the beach. Brooklyn NY
On the beach. Brooklyn NY
On the beach. Brooklyn NY
On Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn NY
Park Security.  Brooklyn NY
Boat trip. Annapolis, MD
Water tracks. View on Rockaway beach
Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. View from the water
United Colors of Brooklyn
Jet skiing
Parasurfing
Fishing
Seagulls. Gulf of Mexico. Biloxi, MS
A Pier. Gulf of Mexico. Biloxi, MS

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