A small group of trees from my project “Trees of Tokyo.” This project focuses on unusual trees in unusual places.
A small group of trees from my project “Trees of Tokyo.” This project focuses on unusual trees in unusual places.
An Average House is part of my series on social geography and the value of venacular subject matter. You can find essay that goes with this series on substack: Jim Roche on Photography.
For the past 5 years I have been taking photos of this short, 2KM pathway through a small local bog. It follows a patter throughout the seasons, becoming disorganized and confused, and slowly finding it’s purpose.
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Early morning flowers, the garden is no longer focused on vegetables and fruits, late summer brings the rein of the flowers. They have been waiting quietly for their chance and not take it. An old fence acts as a defence, protecting a small plot from intrusion.
Summer lingers in the garden, warm days push the plants an extra few inches. Even in the greenhouses the heat has caused the algae to grow more than it planned.
Images from Small Plots, a photo project by Vancouver Photographer Jim Roche.
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They year the compost piles build up, and often are topped by dying plants and plants struggling to survive just another day or two. As the season goes on, there is a change from vegetables to flowers as what’s left in the garden changes day by day,