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Fort Worth, TX
$975.00
Title
No Longer In Bondage
Artist
Stephen Stookey
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This window and bars are decaying relics of an insidious past. Kent, Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic coast, once served as a major transit point for the British slave trade. Captured Africans were delivered to Kent and held in the building pictured prior to transport to the Banana Islands' fortifications for processing and shipment to the Americas. The abandoned building stands as a reminder of the painful past, a past that need not be lived again. Kent's population and future changed with the 1792 arrival in Sierra Leone of FREED African American and West Indies slaves from Nova Scotia. Kent, no longer utilized for slave trade, became the new home to hundreds of former slaves.
Original image captured with a Canon 5D Mark III & Canon 70-200 f/4L IS USM.
Awards, Recognitions, & Features
2nd Place
FAA Contest - Windows And Doors
6/9/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Pleasing the Eye group
6/2/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Canon 5D I or II or III group
6/3/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Premium FAA Artistsgroup
6/3/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Art from the Past
6/5/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Old and Used group
6/6/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Starving Artist Photographers
6/11/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Doors and Gates Group
6/23/2014
FAA Featured Image:
Balcony Windows and Doors Photography
7/2/2014
Uploaded
May 29th, 2014
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Washington Crossing, PA - United States
Stephen, you have captured the feel of this photo... and by that I mean the architectural elements, the color and textures! Liking and following your superb images!
Cape Coral, FL - United States
Excellent find and capture with a great write up on the history of the image. L/F
Foster City, CA - United States
I love the strong colors, the placement of the window, nicely captured, thank you adding its story as well that makes this image more meaningful.
Elizabeth City, NC - United States
Amazing photograph, the textures and colors are wonderful and the story is fascinating!
Orange Park, FL - United States
Stephen, Congratulations on your 2nd place win in the Windows and Doors contest! Great capture - wonderful color and texture! v/f
Brookeville, MD - United States
Happy to see this beauty in the winner's circle ... congratulations on your second place in the contest!!!
Dolores, CO - United States
lovely capture with a great story. so glad the building is preserved, but like the harpoon, so glad it's (mostly) passed into history.
Bedford, PA - United States
Windows are everywhere...each is unique and so interesting! Very Nice!! L Mary Beth Landis
Memphis, TN - United States
Wonderful colors and a photo that tells a powerful story. Nice work. F
Stephen Stookey replied:
Thank you, Jon, for the gracious comment and for the feature in the Old and Used group! I truly appreciate the recognition.
Kersey, CO - United States
Touching image and tribute, great info on it's history in your description!
Brookeville, MD - United States
An outstanding find and capture ... you've certainly captured a deep and brooding ... but beautiful .. mood!
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