The Burning House project features user-submitted photo essays showcasing what they would rush to grab if their house were burning down…
If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question.
Name: Hannah Queen
Age: 20
Location: Blue Ridge, Georgia
Occupation: Photographer
Website: http://www.honeyandjam.com
List:
- basket of family photos, old and new
- macbook
- iphone
- wallet
- cast iron skillet
- leather bracelet with mustard seed charm, which was my grandmothers
- leather bracelet, a gift from my mom
- l’occitane lavender hand cream
- l’oreal voluminous million lashes
- lancome teint idole ultra
- letters & postcards from friends
- favorite tea towel, which was a gift
- the complete works of jane austen
- blue ball jar, filled with river rocks. souvenirs from a perfect day.
- minnetonka moccasins
- favorite wooden spoon
- two forks from old family silverware
- twig spoon, a gift from a friend
- not pictured, canon 5d mark ii
Name: Bryan T. Bowie
Age: 27, feel 77
Location: Southeast Virginia
Occupation: Designer/Artist (Designer of The Burning House Logo!)
Website: http://blog.tiptonandco.com
List:
- Leatherman PST – Their first model, and my first Leatherman, handed down.
- Dad’s Bolle’s – From early 80s.
- Grandfather’s WWII Leather Photo Pouch.
- Final Prototype Of First/Flagship Tipton & Co. Wallet .
- Parker 51 Fountain Pen.
- Moleskine & Dog Tag & Foot print from my best, and one of my oldest friends, Buster (a plotthound). We had to put him down last year.
- One of my Grandfather’s smaller ink pieces.
- Small Portfolio – Stuffed with my own work and select negatives.
- Small Wooden Box – Things that have poured out of my head from the last 2-3 years, cards from parents, and misc. things like that.
- The Thing – natural sculpture, driftwood.
- Hard Drive – 3TB in Rosewill enclosure.
- The Yearling – First edition from my Grandmother.
- Grandfather’s issued Navy Watch Cap & Blanket.
- Camera Bag
- Contents: Nikon F3HP (hard to replace in good shape, otherwise I wouldn’t care).
- Leica M3 (I could let this go honestly, but it’s always in the bag so I included it).
- Weston Master 5 meter. If you find one, buy one. Never had a better meter.
- Leica M6 + 40 Cron – I’ve had a camera in my hand since I was a teenager, and the lens was a gift.
Age: 34
Location: Greece
Occupation: into the Supply Chain headache
Website: contributor to http://pandik.wordpress.com/
List:
- hard disk with music and photos of the past 10+ years.
- 4 Marathon medals for strength and inspiration
- My Garmin Forerunner watch
- Nikon Camera
- Pocket knife
- Wallet with cash and credit cards for obvious reasons
- iPad and iPhone
With these items i will have saved my past, survived the present and record the future.
Name: Martha Wasacz
Location: San Francisco, USA
Occupation: Investor/Collector
Website: www.naivecollector.com
List:
- Painting of a boxer, circa 1935.
- 2 glass men. A gift I bought for my father and reclaimed after his death.
- Set of Tombow pencils in a roll case.
- Vintage mug shots and ID photos. Source material for the drawings I am working on.
- My sketch books containing completed portraits.
- My boots.
- iPad2 with headphones.
- iPhone.
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