Monthly Archives: October 2017

great meadows

This entry was posted in East/West and tagged ben batchelder borderlands usa dick borden great meadows photography on by

Our borderlands contain many natural ones.  Some are wildlife refuges that soften the borders between man and animal.  I grew up in one, called the Great Meadows in eastern Massachusetts where my grandfather, Dick Borden, a wildlife filmmaker and conservationist, maintained an entire ecosystem of wildlife, including pet otters, geese, […]

oh link! roanoke, va

This entry was posted in East/West and tagged ben batchelder borderlands borderlands usa O. Link Museum photography roanoke va on by

The mystique of trains plays a large role in borderland culture.  Here, a museum lovingly rose from Roanoke’s former Norfolk & Western passenger terminal, with an amazing photography collection that captures the dying years of America’s last steam railway. O. Winston Link, a commercial photographer from New York, had a […]