This exhibition (two days only – Aug 11 & 12) is drawn from a portfolio of over 100 archival gelatin silver prints of old barns and farmhouses made by Michael Farrell in a project spanning the years 1998 to 2006. In this ongoing exploration of the southeast Nebraska countryside the photographer and his partner Lynne Ireland traveled thousands of miles of county roads, exposed many hundreds of sheets of 4×5 or 5×7 film, and noted the locations of hundreds of abandoned farm buildings.

“Requiem for the Home Place,” a selection of traditional gelatin silver photographic prints, matted and framed, will be on display and available for purchase August 11 and 12 at WallSpace-LNK. Signed and framed as well as unframed original prints are available for purchase at a significant discount both days. 

“Photography is about memory, loss and desire. These photographs are about worlds and lives no longer viable but whose ashes and bones still lie above the surface reminding us of what once was.” – from the essay by Michael Farrell accompanying the 2006 exhibition. See both the prints and the essay at WallSpace-LNK on August 11, noon to 8 (reception at 4pm to close) & Aug. 12, noon to 5pm.