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Thursday, July 22, 2010

An Inward Look: One final look at a former industrial business.

This summer our studio has been quite busy. We been working on some interesting projects and making some great images while working with some outstanding people. Posting here on Holyoke in photos has been much slower than I had intended for this summer. You can see some of our newest portraits here on Lenshare.com New Portraits     Even More Portraits  

  It is not very often you get a chance to see industrialism as it is being stripped of its roots. Holyoke’s mills have served more than just the purpose of paper production. Some businesses came into the former mills, made their mark, and are now disappearing as the new era of Arts and Innovation are taking over the city. Below are a set of photographs I have made to show for this disappearance and the re-use of the space. My images are very subjective and project a timeless and antique quality while exhibiting an aesthetic that depicts the vanishing presence of human production within this space.

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All Images COPY RIGHT Jeffrey Byrnes and Lenshare.com

3 comments:

  1. i want that old tin can there. looks like an old gasoline can???

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  2. Incredible images Jeff. Thanks for sharing. Looking at these makes me wonder what the same spaces will look like in 10 years.

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  3. Katie, I wish I could allow you to have it. But that is not possible. It is an old oil can used to store and dispense oil.

    Thank you. I can say this, they have plans for the space. I just hope it works out. If it does, I will be writing another post to show for whats been done.

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