nate makes grain

an ongoing photograph monograph

nate makes grain

Photographs by Nate Jones. In two movements: hours, mass.

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I.

Hours

Daylight, neon, snow, twilight. The lit hours of place. 16 frames

King's Sandwich Shop, Durham NC

King's Sandwich Shop

p. 01

Shooters Saloon, vivid red sign and red door against bright white wall

Bull City Car Wash, Durham NC

p. 02—03

Couple on a red scooter against a pink wall, Houston skyline behind

Painted RR crossing post with caution signage, streetcar tracks leading to modern facade, New Orleans

p. 04—05

Bit & Spur Saloon sign with light trails, Springdale UT

Bit & Spur, Springdale

p. 06

The Carolina Cinema neon sign

Kingfisher 'bar' neon at dusk, Durham NC

p. 07—08

Snowy plaza with red and blue umbrellas over picnic tables, snowfall, misty building behind

Snow Umbrellas

p. 09

Cooling-mist canopies with figure crouched in the steam, parked bicycle in foreground (recropped)

Figure walking up a curving country road with a small dog

p. 10—11

Two figures walking a snowy park path under bare trees, golden light

Tennis court fence and lamppost in snow

p. 12—13

Cherub statue in fountain, twilight blue

Cherub, Twilight

p. 14

San Francisco Painted Lady at twilight (Ektachrome, replaces earlier scan)

Apartment building at blue hour, single lit upstairs window

p. 15—16

II.

Mass

Doorway, vault, tank, beam. What holds and outlasts. 14 frames

Black canopy cutout framing a smokestack

Smokestack, Cutout

p. 17

Two weathered industrial storage tanks marked NOT IN USE, dramatic cloud-streaked sky

Concrete funnel pouring water

p. 18—19

Mission doorway opening to courtyard

Vaulted mission interior, chandeliers

p. 20—21

GeerHouse storefront with Tow Away Zone sign, Durham NC

White stucco storefront with deep shadows

p. 22—23

Crisscrossing concrete beams

de Young Museum twisted tower, San Francisco

p. 24—25

Classical-revival domed auditorium

Auditorium, Sunday Morning

p. 26

NYC subway station tile wall

Grand Central main concourse, slow shutter, motion-blurred crowd

p. 27—28

Sprawling mesquite framed by pavilion (black-and-white version)

Curved-neck lamppost against dark sky, infrared-glowing foliage on either side

p. 29—30

a colophon

Nate Jones, Durham,
North Carolina.

The work is patient, observational, and almost always tied to a particular place. The monograph adds frames as new ones are made.

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