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Crosses overlooking I-64 at Grayson, Carter County. June 14, 2002. 5:54 p.m. EDT. 38° 20.66'N, 82° 56.37'W. The view is southeast. |
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Crosses overlooking I-64 at Grayson, Carter County. June 14, 2002. 5:54 p.m. EDT. 38° 20.66'N, 82° 56.37'W. The view is southeast. |
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comments: Each of these three crosses is about 10 feet tall. They were planted on top of a hill near I-64 at Grayson in Carter County some time ago. They've been there for at least six or seven years that I know of. Since the time they were erected, the hill and the large field surrounding it have been graded to accomodate commercial development at the Grayson interchange of I-64 (that accounts for the Golgotha-looking knob on top of the hill). Five years ago when this development began, I photographed on black-and-white film a tobacco barn being moved out of the way to a new location. The crosses were there at the time, but I consciously avoided photographing them. Maybe I thought they were just too obvious a shot. At this point I don't remember. Coming back home from an assignment in Ashland June 14, I saw that that a thunderstorm was passing southeast of Grayson and the hill where the crosses are. I pulled off to get a picture of them, hoping that the sun in the west would highlight them against the darkening sky in the east. That's not exactly how the shot worked out, but I still like it pretty well. |
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location
information: Carter County is in the northeastern part of the state. |
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| Posted June 14, 2002. |
