Most of the available footage for Wide Open is from a stationary camera.  When I zoom in to vary the perspective, I like the graininess of the close ups.  So I decide to go for the black and white, jittery look of old footage.  Think CBGBs in the 70's.

While I layer clips into the video timeline, five roofers ply wood, tarpaper and shingles to the top of the house for times to come when the sky is not so friendly as today.

Good natured and naturally good, the craftsmen take my proffered ice water and photo opportunism in stride.  A flickr slideshow stars the fivesome doing hot, laborious wage earning for the kids and partners they talk about on break.

Wide open.  It’s more than a video, or a performance.

Wide open.  More than a roof in progress.

Wide open.  More than our minds can tolerate for long because we are shelter seekers, keen on comfort and repose.

But every so often, somebody shows me what grit looks like.  And guts.  And duty.    

I see it from here.