A Preservation of Time
I grew up with this house as a meet-up place, a spot to take refuge under its massive roof in the event of being caught in the rain downtown. I used it as a backdrop to take countless photos, sit on its steps and contemplate life, and reminisce of times past.
I’ve now spent the last two years documenting the Roque House project. It’s had it’s share of circumstantial problems to overcome, mostly all outside of the hands of those that did their best to shape this iconic house that is so engrained into the topography of the Natchitoches riverbank.
This morning I went down for myself; not for company, contractor, or news outlet. I went because I needed to spend time with the house as a photographer and as an artist first. Tracing the new layout, looking at where the morning light lands, how the new shadows the Roque House now shapes into its presence as if to say, I’m still standing…over 200 years old!
The layout is complete. The ‘new’ finished riverbank has a design that will last for generations and welcome couples to get engaged by it, be married in front of it, and host a lifetime of memories, photos, and everything in-between.
Enjoy this first look at the newly preserved Roque House and please go see it in the coming weeks once this icon is reopened to the public! It’s an awesome story, that serves as a reminder of just how far we’ve come as people and as a community!
Shot on Canon
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