Cannon Mountain Tram

I was working Saturday but there weren't any scheduled assignments so I went to hang around Franconia Notch in northern New Hampshire. At first I thought about doing double-exposure scenic shots on my polaroid camera, but the camera was having issues. Then I thought about looking at multiple aspects of the notch from camping to hiking and climbing, to tourism, swimming and weather.

It's so crazy to me that I'm photographing in one of my favorite places in the world and where I spent a lot of time growing up. Because of this, I didn't want to turn a potential project idea into a quick hit just to fill a hole. Unfortunately, however, day-in-the-life and week-in-the-life approach to stories seem to inevitably be the approach pushed on ideas. I decided I didn't want to subject something so cool to me like Franconia Notch into a quick-hit picture package with a tight, medium, wide, scenic shot...so I began by taking one aspect of a larger idea. Fulfilling my job and dipping a toenail in the project puddle with the first tramway in North America.

That mountain with the antenna in the foreground is Mount Agassiz. On the other side is the home where my grandmother grew up. Although she passed away when I was 2, the house has remained in the family.