EMILY PRATT SLATIN

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She/Her/Hers Lesbian

Retired Career Fire and EMS Lieutenant-Specialist, Writer, and Master Photographer, living in Vermont.

The Years I Was Too Busy Living To Remember The Camera (2000–2010)

These pictures were made between 2000 and 2010—years that moved faster than I did, years when I was often too busy living to remember to bring the camera. I was young, usually dirty from the weather, windburned, rain-soaked, or carrying the grit of wherever I had been. I stood on moving trains, walked abandoned rail yards, photographed night fires, steam, diners, and machinery that refused to quit. I was not chasing drama. I was looking for contact—steel under my boots, wind in my face, something solid and honest. This album is what I managed to hold onto from a decade that rarely slowed down long enough to be documented. Alive, and choosing it.