
For years I have collected old photographs that either had become lost from
their families or simply thrown out. Some faces leap out at me and I bring them home.
I exalt their images to canvas. These faces are given another chance to tell
their story, this time with a simple girl wearing what I imagine to be an olive green coat.
The day is cold and overcast, having rained earlier. This young woman
has been on a Sunday drive, after church with her "beau". They have driven a long
distance today, loving the time alone together in this borrowed car. They have stopped
in a town, one much bigger than their own and not familiar to them.
She gets out to explore with girlish giggles and sparkling eyes and in that moment
he sees her. He wants to remember always the way she looked
the exact moment he realized she was an adventurer.
That is the story this photograph has told me.
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