Photography and Digital Media students from the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University embark on a project to re-photograph historic views of the town of Nacogdoches, Texas; as well as documenting their process, and the city they live in. Historic photographs were provided by the East Texas Research Center at The SFA Steen Library.
We arrived at the two-story building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Pecan Street to recreate a photo of the north side of the downtown square and Main Street. We had been notified that there were "some" dead birds in the building. What we saw when the doors were opened was enough to make me consider faking an illness and going home for the day.
I wondered, "How could a creature be so stupid to enter a building and not be able to find a way out?" Then I remembered the first time I went to an IKEA...
