[Leica] Warren, Indiana #1

[Steve Barbour]

On Jul 24, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> There's no Padre, this is a protestant church. The church itself wasn't
> that important to me, the basketball hoops was.

hi Chris, I am sure that Ted, by Padre, was referring to the religious figure in charge, whoever...

my first thought was to change the title, but perhaps it's ironic to show a church in Indiana and have the subject actually be basketball, so it may be  even more imperative to have the "Padre" come out and playball with some kids....


Steve



> In Indiana, basketball is
> an all-consuming passion. Everyone plays it, and basketball hoops are
> everywhere. On garages, on barns, on the sides of buildings in small
> towns. If you've ever seen the movie "Hoosiers" you'l see what I'm talking
> about. If you ask people outside Indiana what they know of the state,
> they'll always mention our obsession with Basketball. They may also
> mention cornfields, the Indianapolis 500, and Gary (the city with a murder
> rate higher than New York!), but they always know Indiana means basketball.
> 
> I am going back next week to photograph inside some of the main street
> stores, which look like places frozen in time from the 1920s, and the
> owners. I was there too late yesterday; these small towns roll up their
> sidewalks at 5pm, and EVERYTHING closes down.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
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> On 7/24/14 4:07 PM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Chris,
>> Here's an idea and maybe you can set it up for a Saturday or on a Sunday?
>> 
>> Get the Padre out there with some kids shooting baskets or playing around!
>> Then you'd have a much better photo particularly if the Padre happened to
>> have on his white collar? Or other Padre type clothing?
>> 
>> Your caption reads.
>> " Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time photographing in a couple of
>> small
>> towns in Huntington County, southwest of Fort Wayne. This is the parking
>> lot
>> behind the Warren Church of Christ in Warren, Indiana."
>> 
>> Now if you didn't tell us that in your caption then it would be nothing
>> more
>> than a white brick wall with a basketball hoop!
>> BIG DEAL! As nothing visually indicates it is or was and maybe still is a
>> church?
>> 
>> It would have been a far more effective photo if it showed something that
>> indicated it was a church going building. Would it not?
>> 
>> A Cross or some other element of church? Rather than just a blank white
>> wall?
>> 
>> just trying to be helpful as a photo editor?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Chris Crawford
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>> Subject: [Leica] Warren, Indiana #1
>> 
>> Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time photographing in a couple of small
>> towns in Huntington County, southwest of Fort Wayne. This is the parking
>> lot
>> behind the Warren Church of Christ in Warren, Indiana.
>> 
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=1931
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>> 
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