250 Years 250 People

Nestled between the Connecticut River and Mt. Ascutney, Windsor is known as the "birth place" of Vermont. During 2011 it celebrates 250 years since it was formed through land grants. Windsor was the original capital of Vermont and a town where amazing things have and continue to occur in politics, art, and industry. It is a town of unparalleled importance in Vermont and a treasure, some would say forgotten, to the rest of the United States. Despite the unique legacy of invention,...
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Nestled between the Connecticut River and Mt. Ascutney, Windsor is known as the "birth place" of Vermont. During 2011 it celebrates 250 years since it was formed through land grants. Windsor was the original capital of Vermont and a town where amazing things have and continue to occur in politics, art, and industry. It is a town of unparalleled importance in Vermont and a treasure, some would say forgotten, to the rest of the United States. Despite the unique legacy of invention, artistic creation, and heritage, Windsor is also a town just like your town. It is full of the complexities of people with different desires, different points of view, and a range of backgrounds. It has seen the boom of manufacturing and industry and the lean times that come with the heavy loss of jobs and shuttering of main street businesses. There is success here, there is failure here, and more importantly there is a sense of community here that is constantly seeking to redefine itself, adapt, and continue.The "250 project" as it has become known, started with the idea that portrait photography could capture a moment in time during a historic summer in Windsor, Vermont. We did not set out to write a history of Windsor with this project but rather to capture the story of the people who live and work here today. We are interested in the now. There is often the presumption with portraits that you can gain some modicum of understanding about the real personality of the subject from a moment captured with a camera. This may or may not be true. But there is an undeniable power to viewing hundreds of portraits from the same period of time taken in the same location. The faces begin to tell stories and the collection of faces begin to build a vision of the place itself. Perhaps it is a simple story, maybe it is more complex. Obvious or profound, the 250 project showcases what is the most important part of Windsor Vermont today, the people.