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Motivation and inspiration for creating 2nd Stories
As a boy growing up in Fowler and Lafayette, I was interested in what I could see by looking up. For it was overhead that I noticed interesting details made of wood, brick, iron, stone, or terra-cotta on downtown buildings and neighborhood homes. I was equally captivated, from an early age, with what lay behind those street-side facades, in upper floors and attics that were probably empty, but just might contain something unexpected.
As I grew older, I realized how much upper-level building details, and rarely entered upper-level spaces (my Grandfather's attic, for example), not only captured my imagination, but significantly enriched my life. They sparked an appreciation for the unusual and well-made—especially if created by talented artisans and craftsmen—and they fed a curiosity to explore enticing places that, while relatively near at hand, had been totally dismissed as irrelevant by others.
It was precisely because things are often unnoticed on, and in, second (or third, or fourth) stories, that I felt I needed to photograph what I could find in such lofty unsung places. I know the resulting images will make viewers realize how much they’ve missed, by having their visual world limited to ground level. Perhaps, it will even inspire them to start looking up, and expand their horizons in ways they could never have predicted.
2nd Stories - $22.00.
8.5" x 10" trade paperback, 144 pages, ISBN 0-9745186-2-X
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