![]() ![]() Although this started with a broader set of possible structures as subjects (including bomb shelters, This project started with the idea of exploring places of last resort or places that had become the last traces of a home or in Life is fragile and tenuous, and therefore we have lessons to learn by examining these humble structures. Take the opportunity to reflect on their own role in the world, what they themselves have created or helped to create, and what legacies they It is hoped that visitors to this website will That’s left of the people who relied on their security is this crypt-like cavity in the ground. The settings for all kinds of drama, as might be shown by artifacts that are still littering their floors. Beyond their original purposes these places might have served other uses, too, e.g., they were likely Rather, they were often built by an individual and/or a family for the sole purpose of sustaining their lives and providingįor their future in a time of crisis. These were not large scale projects the likes of which entire communities, states, or even countries participated in and/or celebrated ![]() Of this technique, these hidden cavities become more like split-open geodes, revealing the beauty hidden inside Each structure has been photographed in a standardized way, exposing its subtle, uniqueĬharacteristics, documenting what has been left behind, and showing the fingerprint-like quality left by the people who built it. Preserve and present these structures in a new and visually stimulating way, using technologically advanced photographic techniques to createġ80 to 360-degree impressions of their interiors. Through photographic representation and careful research it is the artist's desire to More than 270 of these structures have currently been locatedĪnd documented with available historical information. Landscape in hopes of stumbling upon them, and talking to locals for leads. To locate them often required wandering the Much time has been devoted to researching and looking for these often-elusive structures. Their hidden beauty and importance to the lives of early homesteaders. The chisel marks on the native stone, which was harvested from local quarries or gatheredįrom surrounding pastures, are like the lines on your hand, unique to each individual structure. To ancient crypts or religious holy places. ![]() The shelters exude a spirit or soul, possibly due to their resemblance The last traces of the people who built and relied upon them. Structures, e.g., homes, barns, outbuildings, were ever erected and are often all that remain of early homesteads and may represent These native stone constructions may have been built as safe havens by early prairie settlers before any other Stone arched-roof, man-made caves that dot the landscape of the Flint Hills region of Kansas. FLINT HILLS KANSAS SERIALThe images and information presented on this website represent the fruits of a serial exploration of native ![]()
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