Not really a "fort" but that is what it was called in the flood of 1965. Sgt. Johannsen of the Iowa National Guard and his fellow soldiers manned the fort surrounded by a sand bag wall keeping the sewage pumps running. Had the pumps failed the town would have flooded through the sewer system. They did this a great personal risk and it was only after the water went down we could see how far the sand bags had shifted in the current. If I remember correctly, where I am standing for these photos there would have been about 6 feet of water.
The photographic project is one I have contemplated but never under took, until today: make 8-10 photos of a subject and create a folio of work based only on those images. I guess I felt up to the task today and here are the results. The final out put will be inkjet print, 8X10 ish on photo rag paper presented in a folio package. I feel pretty good about the images having slacked for a few months on my photography and pinhole in particular. It is a familiar subject; shadows and machines and it sets a spark to the fire to try again. We'll see.....
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