Chasing Storms and Legacy on the Southern Loop
This week’s field dispatch from the Life of Bridges project took me across the Massachusetts border into a landscape heavy with both regional history and personal memory. Just twenty-four hours before loading my gear, I learned that my longtime friend and photography mentor, who spent the 1990s meticulously documenting New Hampshire’s historic spans, had passed away. Standing in a punishing valley wind at a bridge that ironically bears his name, his lifelong advice to “push to get the shot” echoed in my mind. In this update, I break down the technical grind of fighting that weather, the complex social history of the places I documented, and how stacking three filters allowed me to purposefully paint the wind into a long-exposure tribute titled The Final Crossing.
Read the full field journal, explore my behind-the-scenes setup notes, and view the high-resolution triptych on the official site.