“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be”
~ Peter De Vries
Out in Left Field
Going Green
Weathered
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
~James A. Baldwin
Farm Memories
Shingles Party
Still Life
“Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town. Can’t you see the sun’s settin’ down on our town, on our town. Goodnight.”
~ Iris Dement
White Barn, Sonoma
Heavy Metal
Rural Life
Framed
Why the Long Face?
“There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.”
~Conrad Hall
Jane Lurie Photography 
Fab series Jane and wonderful quotes as ever!
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Nice barn series. The white one in Sonoma has been highly photographed. (I think I may told you that a couple years back.) I have a few barns in my photo files.
Are you staying cool from the heat? 🙂
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Hi David, Yes, I think we did talk about the white barn. Famous. Glad you like the series- thank you. Thankfully, SF has remained cool in the midst of all the heat waves. 🙂
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This is perfection in all his imperfection!
Beautiful pictures of ‘old’ still life …
I Always admire your photo work!
Have a beautiful day… 🙂
Best regards, Heidi
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Thank you, Heidi. I love to explore these places of the past. Pleased you like them. Hope all is well with you. 🙂
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Gorgeous, Jane! I love how you focus on the weathered barn wood. The textures and gradations are marvelous. Where to next??
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Hi Patti, Thanks! I could’ve spent many more hours there finding these patterns in the barns. Happy you like them. I am heading to the Palouse, the PNW, and Victoria in a month. Excited! Hope you are having a great summer.
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A wonderful gallery of weathered images and surfaces Jane. I love the close-ups that have a beautiful abstract quality about them. Superb 🙂
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Thank you, Andrew. Much appreciated coming from your artistic eye. I loved photographing the textures and patterns. So glad you like them.
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My pleasure Jane 😊
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Stunning Photos, Quotes and Captions … I love “Why the Long Face”!!
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Thanks, Michael! I couldn’t resist with that caption. Pleased you enjoyed this series.
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I love old barns. And the shingle party is a great shot.
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Thanks so much, Lisa. Me, too, and those shingles draw me in each time. Happy you like the series.
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Many photographers, lovers of patterns and shapes, are drawn to ruins. I remember photographing dilapidated buildings in rural upstate New York in 1971.
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Hi Steve, Agree, the older, the better. Documenting is an important part of it, too. I bet you got some great shots in upstate NY. Happy you enjoyed these shots– thanks so much.
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Hi Jane your photos are Luri(e)ng me into these barns
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Hi Abrie, Thank Jou(bert) very much. 🙂
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It looks like you’re enjoying summer. I love that James Baldwin quote. Shingles Party (really!), Framed and Still Life appeal to me the most, and I’m wondering what possessed the person who nailed those shingles in Going Green!?
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Hi Lynn, Very pleased you enjoyed the images and quotes/captions. I had fun with them. The shingles on some of the barns are really crazily done, which I love. It is California, hmmm…. Wishing you a Happy 4th!
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Una Serie Impresionante… Me Encantan Las Texturas De La Madera. Gracias Por Tu Visita, Y Si, Es Una Araña Sobre La Flor… Saludos.
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Muchas gracias, José. Muy apreciado. Saludos.
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Ooo, how beautiful! You know how I love old barns. They are impossible to resist.
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Hi Maria, Yes, indeed! These are some great specimens– have you been here? Happy you enjoyed them, thanks so much.
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I really enjoyed your photos, but I have not been there. Happy 4th of July !
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You would enjoy Mendocino. Thanks, Happy 4th!
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I have been to Mendocino, just not seen those beautiful barns.
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Always a must to stop by your website. Beautiful and intelligent photos.
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What a kind comment, Mario. That means a lot. Thanks so much and I hope all is well with you.
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Stunning imagery. Love the rustic and landscape combinations.
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Thank you very much, GrayWolf. I am glad we are connected and I’m pleased you enjoyed this series.
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I love old rundown barns like these. My wife and I will be driving to Myrtle Beach in a few days. I’m hoping to see some really nice ones to shoot along the way. I’m hoping to make some B/W’s.
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Thanks, Allan. Enjoy your trip and I hope you find some good ones!
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Very nostalgic set of photos. I love the textures, too.
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Thank you, Imelda. Interesting to find all the different wood patterns. Glad you like them.
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I just love old barns, and these are true beauties, Jane.
Your photographs of them are wonderful.
Have a great weekend!
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Pleased you enjoyed this series, Lisa. thank you and hope you have a fun holiday.
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Teriffic shots Jane – what is it about decay that we photographer find so enchanting? I love the many perspectives you’ve shown in this one. Particularly like the B&Ws. Seem atmospherically perfect 🙂
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Thanks, Tina. The stories we imagine, perhaps. Glad you like the variety of shots- it was a good day.
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Beauty, indeed! Love the perspectives of your photos!
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Thanks, Amy. It’s fun to go wide then get close to study the details.
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I love these old barn photos! Especially enjoyed the close-ups of the boards showing all the texture! Excellent! 🙂
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Thanks very much, Linda. I loved finding all the interesting patterns. Glad you like them. 🙂
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Love these photos. What is it about barns or old, falling down wooden structures..?… I am always drawn to them. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, Leslee. Can’t remember if you’ve been to Mendocino. If not, you would love photographing it. Happy you enjoyed the old barns!
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wow – this is so amazing and brilliant reflection…
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Thanks so much, Mihran. It’s a beautiful part of northern California.
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Excellent. I like the wooden textures very much.
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Thanks, Rabirius. I wish I knew how to create composites like you do- they would make good backgrounds. 🙂
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Well, recently I mainly do just photos and only remix the colours a little. 🙂
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True- love those, too.
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Thanks!
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What striking contrast you’ve captured throughout this specific set. Extraordinaire!
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Thanks so much, Bluespade. Fun to start wide then zero in. Happy you like them.
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One of my favorite subjects and you sure have done it justice! Beautiful finds and compositions!
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Hi Denise, Yes, these sure are right up your alley. So pleased you enjoyed them – you have such a great eye for these kinds of scenes. Thanks very much!
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Beautiful, beautiful. Love the shingles. Old wood is almost always gorgeous. I wish we could say that about old peoples wrinkles as well.
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Thanks very much, Ann-Christine. So glad you love my study of the shingles. Now, in this stage of life, I am convincing myself that wrinkles are beautiful, too! 😄Hope you are doing well.
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A wonderful post. Love the shingles! You have captured the texture of old wood perfectly.
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Thanks, Jude. I really got lost in the details of the aging wood. Happy you enjoyed them.
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In this set I’ve noticed how good space in a frame is used (beside everything else) – impressive!
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Hi Herbert, So nice to read coming from a master framer. Means a lot. Thank you very much.
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Another amazing series, Jane. You really have the “photographer’s eye”. Have a splendid holiday weekend! Marcus
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Thanks, Marcus. That’s a lovely compliment. Hope you are doing well and enjoying your travels!
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Beautiful collection!
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Thanks very much, Carolyn. A favorite subject. Happy you enjoyed.
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I always love your photos, but today the captions are just as good!
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Hi Lex, Thanks– had some fun with these. Glad you enjoyed and that they made you smile. 🙂
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Very nice, that first one is my favorite.
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Thank, Amy. Had a Winslow Homer feel to me. Happy you enjoyed these.
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I am captivated by the first pf your images and then drawn into the past with all the others.
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Thank you, Dor. What a thoughtful compliment. I loved getting lost in these places.
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“Why the long face?” 😍😍😍
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Ha, Sharon. Glad that one made you laugh! 🙂 Hope you’re having fun with the gang.
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just love those old barns…you certainly have captured their charm & beauty….😜👍
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Thanks, April! And you’re an expert on barns of the Northeast variety. 🙂
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Wonder what it is about old barns… these wonderful Photos took me back to my grandfather’s oh so,long ago…
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Hi Linda, So nice that it brought back family memories. That is such a satisfying response to photography. Thanks very much and I hope you are doing well.
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Your barn series captures all the magic and emotion of old farm outbuildings. It a form of visual poetry.
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Thanks so much, CP. What a lovely compliment.
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Intriguing post. The white barn shot is intriguing, leading the viewer past the barn, into the beautiful Sonoma countryside.
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Thanks so much, Jane. White Barn is a classic and special Sonoma spot. Happy you liked this series. 🙂
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Hi jane, wonderful pictures my favorites is the 1st and the 2nd.
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Thanks, Robert. Nice that you like a landscape and a close-up. Much appreciated. 🙂
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Gorgeous indeed…the past is still there to remind us , but not all was lovely in the past though, especially not for women.
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So true, Paula. Hard lives lived in those times. Glad you like my study of these beautiful old barns. Thanks very much.
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I love the decay of these structures. But I keep expecting the walking dead to appear.
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Ha, Michael. It is a little creepy walking around them…I expected to find an eye peering out of one of the knot holes. 😳Glad you like this series–thanks!
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I love the title, Jane! I also love the close up details, the textures and the time ravaged scars of these old buildings as they slowly but surely go back to nature.
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Thanks, Pete. I had fun with this one. Happy you enjoyed the aging parts- I hope they survive many more years.
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Beautiful barns all round. Love the detail in all of them. Amazing how similar all of them look, and also so different at the same time. Beautiful color and BW composition too 😊
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Hi Mabel, I have found that the styles are regional, I suppose depending on the use. So glad you enjoyed these – I loved getting lost in the details and the coastal setting. Thanks so much. 😊
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Beautiful photographs, I especially like textures images. A great job!
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Thanks, Charly. I loved finding the variety in wood textures. Pleased you like them.
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Wonderful Post Jane, this barn needs to be restored. hugs.
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Hi John, The older the better! Although, true, they need to keep them standing. Happy you enjoyed, thank you.
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hey, what a well photographed series Jane. I liked ’em all.
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Hi John, Such fun to explore these old barns. Glad you stopped by. Thank you!
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Beautiful textures and composition!
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Hi Jim, Thank you! I really enjoy getting lost in photographing these old barns. Happy you enjoyed them.
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Jane very nice. I think I know the barns. Are they on U.S. 1 in Mendocino County? Sonoma Barn is a favorite. I really enjoy the textures that you’ve captured.
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Hi Tim, Yes, they are on the left before you reach town. I think it’s a state run park. I am not surprised you know White Barn…famous thanks to social media. Pleased you like the details. Thank you. 🙂
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Yes, it is a California State Run park.
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I love the wood textures. Well done.
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Thanks so much, Sherry. I was enamored with the wood close-ups. Happy you like them.
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beautiful post. the white barn looks like a painting.
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Thanks, Stacey. White barn is an idyllic setting. Very pleased you enjoyed these. 😊
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