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Everything Isn't What it Seems —or altered Realities

2008.10.20


A short story—

On April 19, 1775, British soldiers and American militia, "minute men" met in a series of skirmishes along a 22 mile stretch of road ( dubbed Battle Road) that ran from Boston to Concord.

Battle Road is part of Minuteman National Historic Park and it's where I decided to walk—searching for more autumn photos.

At various house sites along the way there are militia men dressed in the outfits of the era.

I stopped to take the photo of this particular gentleman who displayed some rather odd mannerisms. He'd hold a pose for a few minutes and then shift to another pose. Since I appeared to be an audience of one —it seemed rather bizarre behavior.

After staring and taking several photos I heard someone laughing. The photographer in the photo had been busy taking photos—from his elevated perch.

"Is he posing for you?"
"Yes."
"Is this for some publication?"
"Yes."

I walked on and then turned away and took a photo of the photographer taking a photo of the militiaman.
19 Comments
urmysunshine that is too funny- great work~!~! R
urmysunshine · 2008-10-20: 17:59
DancingDolphin Good post and story! I like the photo of the photographer a lot!
DancingDolphin · 2008-10-20: 18:15
storytaylor fantastic, story and photos.
storytaylor · 2008-10-20: 18:18
glennis What a laugh! I can just imagine the scene!
glennis · 2008-10-20: 18:50
ScubaLiz LOL, great story! Nice shots!
ScubaLiz · 2008-10-20: 20:25
kangshung #1 is a great b&w photo, and interesting story.
kangshung · 2008-10-20: 20:46
lynnsgallery2 Great set...great story!!! Very nice work :))
lynnsgallery2 · 2008-10-20: 21:20
cobaltbutterfly Funny!
cobaltbutterfly · 2008-10-20: 22:46
CJLata Nice shots and history.
CJLata · 2008-10-20: 23:41
joycephotography Great post.
joycephotography · 2008-10-21: 00:12
jet28 Great story, great post!
jet28 · 2008-10-21: 03:15
somogyvari Great set,thanks for sharing!
somogyvari · 2008-10-21: 04:18
miclaud Two nice photos!!!
miclaud · 2008-10-21: 06:37
openbelarus :)
openbelarus · 2008-10-21: 11:18
oldbabe Cute story.

I had to enlarge to look at the details of militia man's dress and weapon. With bayonet attached that's one long weapon. I can't imagine carrying that around without hurting someone unintentionally.

Then I had to enlarge to look at the lens on the photographer's camera and that tripod setup. That was interesting too.


oldbabe · 2008-10-21: 16:12
Queen911 The best photo story yet!!
Queen911 · 2008-10-21: 21:22
sendao Good post and story!
sendao · 2008-10-21: 21:33
JaCkYe :)
JaCkYe · 2008-10-22: 05:01
camilleauteuil :-))) ..........................................
camilleauteuil · 2008-10-23: 04:36
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