Waits River, Vermont Tapestry

Waits River, Vermont is probably the best known village in New England. It hasn't changed much over the years and it probably will never change. Someone lit their wood stove just befor I made this photograph and the smoke adds an interesting element. If they lit the stove 15 minutes earlier there wouldn't be any smoke. It was -9f when I made this photograph. I used a view camera. With this type of camera the photographer puts a dark cloth over the camera and his or her head. The image is viewed upside down. I had to remove my gloves to operate the camera and my fingers hurt from the cold.