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Ground Zero: Business I-40 Winston-Salem, NC
Bridge demolition on Business I-40 with later constructed national headquarters for Wachovia Bank.
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Ground Zero: Business I-40 Winston-Salem, NC

One of the first sections of Interstate Highway to be built in the country was a section of four-lane which bisected downtown Winston-Salem, NC.  The project was completed in 1955, Because of Business 40’s age and outdated design standards, as well as increasing traffic volumes and wrecks, N.C. Department of Transportation decided in 2006 to rebuild the section of Business 40 from west of Fourth Street to east of Church Street - a distance of 1.5…

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December 29, 2018
Twelve faces of pain from the 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
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Twelve faces of pain from the 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

[portfolio_slideshow width=560] The purpose of this small documentary project was to capture the facial expressions of a sample group of riders as reflected in their level of physical exertion.  We chose twelve, but one we photographed has a countenance that is complacent and poised -- see if you can find her. Athletes drew from the depths of their physical prowess (and cycling skills) to place and win, or even to finish. Congratulations to all the competitive athletes who traveled from all…

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April 20, 2014
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Cinemagraph … Winston-Salem Light Project “Artery”

A favorite project of ours in Winston-Salem is soon to end - 2014's Winston-Salem Light Project - named "The Artery." The scene (literally in front of our home on Factory Row) is the Winston-Salem Strollway where industrious and innovative faculty (Norman Coates and others) and students from the UNC School of the Arts have converted the existing city light fixtures into a half-mile of visual dessert  from dusk to dawn. "Artery" was constructed of 48…

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April 18, 2014
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Quality of life experience …

  I subscribe to the Forsyth County (NC) Audubon daily newsletter and was intrigued by a notice yesterday of a group gathering event at Northwest Middle School in Winston-Salem (NC) to witness chimney swifts going to bed.  I had seen this before, after all we have them in our chimney and there are always a couple dead ones which fall out into the firebox when we first open the damper of the wood stove in…

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September 18, 2013
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In honor of Mary Presson Roberts Photography …

  It is so unusual for me to even take a photograph like this, because there are no people in the frame.  But the content was setup for an ad shot for Fleet Feet of Winston Salem and their salesman, Mike Huddleston. During the time I spent arranging the shoes, I kept saying to myself ... "Mary needs to be here taking this" ... Mary needs to be here taking this" ... because this is…

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September 15, 2013
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Pole vaulting down Winston-Salem’s main street …

[portfolio_slideshow] Tim Sullivan is a sports entrepreneur, a consummate advocate for the esoteric culture of pole vaulters and high jumpers. He is also a coach who has a penchant for attracting potential  All-Americans to his quiver.  Tim is in his first season at Wake Forest University having  arrived with a distinguished coaching history at West Virginia University and Oklahoma. Tim Sullivan is an all-inclusive guy, who understands how to make and keep a  sport vigoris,…

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July 16, 2013
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One of our own … Randy Shields

    Randy Shields, a nationally ranked bicycle rider from Winston-Salem (NC) has joyfully spent most of his adult life on a bicycle. This photograph was taken in 2011 at a regional cyclo-cross race at Bur-Mill Park in Greensboro (NC). In 2013, he took second place for his age group in the United States UCI  Cyclocross World Championships.  Randy excitedly shares his remarks with his fans after his win.  The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) (English: International Cycling Union) is…

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February 3, 2013
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Waiting for milking time …

  Each autumn, the Dixie Classic Fair returns to Winston-Salem (NC);  2012 was it's 130th year.  The fair began in the former town of Salem as a grain exposition in 1882. There are competitions for everything imaginable, one of the longest standing is the Dairy Cattle competition populated by young competitors who spend a year grooming their cows for show.  There is a lot of  "down-time", some of which is waiting for your place in line to…

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December 27, 2012