A photographer I don't know, of
longtime family roots in Virgin-
ia, snapped this picture of or-
chards in Giles County in 1980,
with Kodak Kodachrome 64 diapos-
itive film. Photographs created
in this medium were known as
slides, possibly because they'd
have been inserted into slots
in projectors, for viewing by
strong light. They were popular.
It has been a while since we've
seen an image made with a lens,
that conserved any texture, any
organic nuance of gradation. If
you've been to Giles County, it
it doesn't see itself this way,
anymore. It just looks this way.
T. Michael Williams
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