Pod
Durham, North Carolina
30x40 mounted C-print
2006
After several nights of trying, I finally made the photograph I wanted
of this Durham storage pod. As it is near my post office, I continued
to pass by it on a regular basis. I had always thought of the scene as
immutable, but one day when I passed by, I saw that there was now a small
pod, offspring-like, right next to the larger one. Unfortunately, rather
than creating a new and compelling composition, the additional pod simply
cluttered the poignant scene of the solo pod. The mini-pod stayed there
for about a year, and then, just as mysteriously, it disappeared. I had
long before learned the hard lesson that any scene that strikes you as
a wonderful photograph should be photographed right then, no matter how
improbable it is that it will suddenly change, but the experience of the
sudden "baby pod" was a vivid reminder of that fact. The last
time I drove by, the original pod was gone as well.
©MJ
Sharp / www.mjsharp.com