Little House On The Prairie #1

Architecture is where you find it. It is to do with the designing of buildings and structures, but in its broader meaning it also includes the design... more

by Wayne Sherriff

Title

Little House On The Prairie #1

Artist

Wayne Sherriff

Medium

Photograph

Description

Architecture is where you find it. It is to do with the designing of buildings and structures, but in its broader meaning it also includes the design of our complete built environment. It can be found in outback areas, on mountain peaks, almost anywhere on the land, even on the sea in the form of oil rigs and it surrounds us in our places of abode. We tend to take it for granted and complain when its appeareance doesn't suit our taste. Architecture provides us with shelter, places to work, gives us points of reference in our urban wilderness, but most important of all, it provides a fundamental basis for the way we live. Architecture is ephemeral and can be a thing of great beauty. Its elements have often been pillaged and used as building blocks by successive generations.
Presumably a family once lived in this little house at Fort Steele, British Columbia. It stands derelict and isolated in the landscape, yet it seems to exist as a monument to the toil of hard working rural people anywhere. The image was captured during summer 2008 towards the end of a photographic journey through the Canadian Rockies.

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April 26th, 2014