Along the edge Photo

Photographer’s Note

A roofing detail from the "Lapptown" church village in Arvidsjaur.

A "church village" is a gathering of very small houses where people stayed over when they visited the church. It seems peculiar today but this villages were built in a time when the law said that you had to go to church on a regular basis. The church villages was a solution in the far north where the travel distances between the remote settlements and the few churches were too long for a return trip on the same day.

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holmertz (9420) 2008-11-01 10:40

Hej Ebbe,
Interesting close-up of the wooden construction. Fine texture of the old and withered logs, making attractive diagonal lines across the picture.
Hälsningar,
Gert

gabrielpat (6497) 2008-11-01 12:03

hi ebbe,
nice graphism and sharpness.i like the realistic colors too.
regards ,patrick.

Isabelle (9014) 2008-11-04 1:46

the elegance of simplicity, my friend.
very well seen. the diagonals are beautiful details are visible, the cracks in the wood make a kind of a pattern repetition very pleasing to the eye.