Thursday, February 19, 2009

EMILY DAVIS

For the semester long project i plan to show the change that has occurred in the tobacco farming industry in Calvert county due to the governments interaction. I have lived in Calvert county for quite some time now and have become very passionate on the topic and the transition that the farming industry went through in Calvert county. I still want to do a fair amount of research but basically the government paid Maryland and Calvert county farmers to stop farming tobacco, few farmers resisted and continuing farming tobacco in small fields but most of the tobacco farming industry has gone to waste and ruin. A handful of farmers had started farming soy after tobacco but the actual tobacco barns are now decrepit. I plan on talking to previous and present farmers getting some insight. I want to show what once was such a thriving industry, and that is what i want to do my semester long photobook on.
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  1. EdFebruary 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM

    How will i get to my barns?

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  2. EdFebruary 27, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    oh oh and for that matter i am having the utmost of difficulties trying to find the old farm pictures of the people and their farms and equipment

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  3. EdFebruary 27, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    black and white moving into color to represent the present???

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  4. EdMarch 8, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    i have no car...

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  5. EdMarch 8, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    people dont like being my driver.....at all. how do i get to my barns???

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  6. EdMarch 8, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    .....spring break? while everyones at work....and i still cant bum a ride...this has become quite a predicament. there are no buses or really cabs in calvert county...hmmm more pondering.

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  7. EdMarch 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    looking for history on the situation.....

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  8. EdMarch 23, 2009 at 5:55 PM

    i have about 300 picture of barns and barn related things. but now i am trying to figure out the layout i have a variety of ideas

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  9. EdMarch 23, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    i had a 3 hour conversation with one of the few remaining tobacco farmers in calvert county it was an excellent experience...i was able to borrow some of his old photos but i am still working on how to incorporate the old and new photos in a way that flows well. i am still working through different options as to wether to incorporate the old photos at all......

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  10. EdMarch 23, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    I also found the calvert county historic society and the coping is awful there so i am wondering how to get good old pictures from there to here....

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  11. EdApril 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    i am having difficulty with the layouts and how to work the vast amount of tobacco pictures and text in cohesively

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  12. EdApril 3, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    i am starting to notice that while the pictures are cool i feel like the spreads i have so far may be....boring or something cause its just one barn then another oh then another (but obviously different angles)

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  13. EdApril 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    at this point i am trying to integrate the text through out the book in an orderly way

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