It has been a hot minute since I last posted an update here. I had been posting about my Story of Covered Bridges project, so it seems fitting to do a small wrap-up of that project.
I think all in all, I photographed roughly 80 covered bridges and like other projects I’ve done, they all started to blur together. There was an intent to photograph all the covered bridges in New England, which I think there are roughly 200 covered bridges. However, I got to a point where it felt like many of the bridges felt the same. Once I hit that point, I started to realize that I had the story that I wanted.
That said, I am super happy with what I photographed. With the active shooting part of the project is over, I am at the sorting phase to find 10 – 12 solid prints that can help finish up the vision. My hope is to get around 20 – 30 solid images to do something else with them.
One of the coolest parts of the project, all the places throughout New England that it took me. I also have to say, it was a lot of fun doing this project. I saw so many cool little towns, cool back roads in the middle of nowhere and seeing the beautiful countryside that isn’t typically seen
Some of my favorite moments.
Seeing the Sheffield Covered Bridge in MA, the location of a UFO sighting and all the interesting monuments around to celebrate.
The Littleton Covered Bridge just as a festival was setting up. I got all setup and people came out of the woodwork to prep for the festival.
All the trips with my wife while we crisscrossed over NH to see the many bridges together.
Photographing the Braley covered bridge while a local was nearby that didn’t appear to be amused that I was there. No, I wasn’t trespassing.
The people I met while photographing the bridges. One person actually gave me their business card in the hope I would do some work for them.
The good moments made the 4am wakeups to hit the bridges with decent light worth the effort and working through having a full-time job while planning the photography shoots.
So, as I said earlier, time to put it all together. At the time of this post, my first show will be in April 2027, but more about that in another post. Maybe someday I’ll return to grab the remaining bridges, but for now, I am focusing on my new project Conservation.
For now, I’ll post a teaser picture from that project here. This will be part of the unspoiled chapter of my Conservation project.
