Chris McCandless's boots

KStaford

Heres one I'm proud of.

I am a total amateur. Infact I would not even consider myself an amateur. I am below that. I just take pictures sometimes.

This was on a trip to Alaska last year.
http://www.kieranstafford.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=8003&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

They are the boots of the famous Chris McCandless.
See wiki here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless

Camera - Canon powershot S2 IS

City-Exile

If only you could have moved that plastic bag and the blue rubbish on the bottom, towards the left.
Love the battered appearance of the boots though.

KStaford

City-Exile wrote:

If only you could have moved that plastic bag and the blue rubbish on the bottom, towards the left.
Love the battered appearance of the boots though.

Hi City,
The bus is pretty deep inside the wilderness. It took us nearly 2 days to hike into it. The bus itself is almost like a decaying shrine. I did not want to touch or move anything in there.

Bus interior
http://www.kieranstafford.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7996

http://www.kieranstafford.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7999

Browse up and down the Alaska gallery here
http://www.kieranstafford.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7602&g2_page=15

So the plastic bag is part of the shot. Everything in there is part of the place, its atmosphere, its ghosts. It's really weird. Even before you get there, you are hiking miles into th ewilderness - to a bus !!! how weird.

A magical three days though, I will never forget it

City-Exile

Thanks for giving me the "bigger picture", as it were.
Ignore my original comments.

mikeanywhere

An Amazing story and great pictures too.

Thanks for sharing!!

KStaford

mikeanywhere wrote:

An Amazing story and great pictures too.

Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks a lot Mike, much appreciated. I kept a web diary while there.
See here - http://www.kieranstafford.com/scrapbook/alaska/
See August 2,3, and 4 for the hike.

There are also some mentions of the trip in July where I talk about planning it, and the background etc.

blastman

Hmm, that Wikipedia entry would indicate that not everyone thinks he's worthy of celebration.

City-Exile

I'm sure we could all form an opinion on him, but since this thread is about KStaford's photographs, it's probably best not to launch a debate.