Texture

Casualties Of Weathering

Creases in the old fish house’s hide. Crosshatched veneers. Grains in opposition. Whorls. Wrinkled wood. Inside a grizzled old salt, a crusty fishmonger. Just out of sight, the rusting gears of a hoist. Casualties of weathering. All exposed by the ceaseless passing of time. All appreciated by old eyes. —Georgetown, South Carolina

The grate of a rasp. Pebbled leather. Early morning stubble. The suede of autumn cattails.

Writers, don’t overlook texture.

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Behind The Photo Of the Week

Tom Poland is a Southern writer. For his extensive work preserving regional heritage, he received the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor. Robert Clark, a master photographer, has seen his work featured in National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, and Newsweek.

Clark and Poland travel the back avenues of the South to record disappearing landmarks, glorious wreckage, nature, ruins ... whatever catches their eye. This series records landmarks, nature, ways of life, and a vanishing American South.