An email from Jeremy Knight, a former student at Northeastern, reminded me of shooting here outside of Savannah in March twenty or more years ago.
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Fort Pulaski has an interesting history and is a state park (Wikipedia) It is situated between Savannah and Tybee Island. I was out cruising around with students on a shooting trip while attending a Society for Photographic Education conference.
I found it irresistible.
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By this time narrative series work was my primary vehicle and I was fluid with the form and the language. This was a "walk around series", loosely defined as making pictures as I discovered them, heading around a corner to make a picture of something I had never seen before.![](/system/postimages/large/4617/fort-pulaski-ga-1999-neal-rantoul-005.jpg?1619257979)
I was fascinated by the reduction of the place, everything clipped close and manicured, all form. ![](/system/postimages/large/4618/fort-pulaski-ga-1999-neal-rantoul-016.jpg?1619258060)
I went out the next morning by myself to try to see what else I could see,
under very different light.
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This was in analog days and my tool of choice was the Hasselblad Superwide (about the camera) The SWC was a fixed lens camera, distances and scale needed to be right for this very special camera.![](/system/postimages/large/4621/fort-pulaski-ga-1999-neal-rantoul-014.jpg?1619258658)
Ironic that the blog post before this one was about photographing alone, in isolation (Alone),but, as I wrote, I did photograph with others around at times.![](/system/postimages/large/4622/fort-pulaski-ga-1999-neal-rantoul-015.jpg?1619258907)
This last one was a sort of addendum, distinguished by the black lines on the edge of the frame. From left to right: Cristina Rivera, Jeremy Knight, Bob O'Connor and Pete Stitt, who I'd asked to point at nothing in particular.Good times and I miss them all.
Give me a few days and the Fort Pulaski series will be on the site, accessed by clicking on the Gallery page and scrolling down.
By early next week I will be fully vaccinated. Is this nightmare coming to a close? I hope so. I wish you well.