This abandoned house sat on my mothers property (many acres) for over 120 yrs. This was taken on the day it was demolished due to disrepair. I spent many long hours inside each of those rooms.
The fire was amazing, and I wouldn't have expected anything less from this rickety structure. She wouldn't fall without a fight. It took her nearly an hour to fall, and the chimney stood alone after the rest was ashes. I first layed eyes on this house at 9 yrs. old, and now at 24, seeing her fall was very affecting.
I'll miss her, dearly. She was my childhood.
I've decided to enter this piece in the category 'transformations'.
I can see three transformations in this photo.
1.) The house was burning down
2.) The sun was setting
3.)...the lesser known transformation was myself changing behind my camera lense as I watched this demolished.
Hopefully that's a good fit. ;)
Ash
25 responses
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Ashley Lebedev added a link (30 Sep 2007):
Click here to learn more about this structure :) (flickr.com)
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Chris Wesseling gave props (9 Oct 2007):
Impressive, even without your version of the story.
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marley taylor said (10 Oct 2007):
reminds me of that jack johnson song
"do you remember" -
David McClymont said (15 Dec 2007):
Ashley-- I can hear and smell this-- all the way from up here---what a great one---I can only imagine what it must have been like for you to experience this ----will be back for more--:)
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Kadesha Blanchett said (15 Dec 2007):
I love the way the light is shining through the trees... and the flames are awesome.
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rory cobbe gave props (17 Dec 2007):
this is one of the best shots I've seen
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Antje Sommer gave props (17 Dec 2007):
great capture and even more touching story. Must have been truely hard to see this house go
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Serena said (19 Dec 2007):
wonderfull color
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Ashley Lebedev said (19 Dec 2007):
everyone: just thank.you.
Your kind words bring back such powerful emotion. I remember the night, and smell in the air, just reading these wonderful comments. Very bittersweet.
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Judy Sebesta said (19 Dec 2007):
How sad to see her go...but you captured her last hurrah beautifully!
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Kevin Eatinger gave props (20 Dec 2007):
Wow, intense, great capture!
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Tristan Zand said (21 Dec 2007):
I'd love to see that fight in a bit of color, are there any?
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Julien Le Bas said (27 Dec 2007):
Wonderful shot, guided by the story.
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lindsay mccallum said (8 Jan 2008):
Amazing..
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OLIVER W-PHOTOGRAPHY said (8 Jan 2008):
Nice tone and highlight areas. Greetings.
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Benjamin Peacock said (8 Jan 2008):
Amazing. Very powerful. Angle is fantastic, as well as focus. Contrast and blends of light are breath-taking. Bravo!
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John Adams gave props (17 Jan 2008):
Ahhhhnazing!!!
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Paul Collins gave props (18 Jan 2008):
Wow. The intensity of this is incredible!
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Chelsea Hamilton said (31 Jan 2008):
hey,
i'm a newbie, you just added me so i thought i'd check ouyt your work. that is probably one of the most amazing photos i've ever seen (the sun and fire juxtaposed just do something i really like). coupled with the story it's beautiful and haunting. great stuff for novices like me to go by :) -
jamielynn ryan said (2 Feb 2008):
wow. beautiful story and photographic composition.
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Ashley Lebedev said (21 Feb 2008):
Thank you!
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Clay Lipsky gave props (21 Mar 2008):
wow
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Frederic Frognier gave props (23 Mar 2008):
Brilliant picture!
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Laurel Johnson gave props (13 Nov 2008):
This is an amazing picture... so much intensity and emotion
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Chelsea Rising gave props (3 Nov 2009):
amazing, voted
