About the work

A closer look.

Name one real place: somewhere you are going, somewhere you love, or somewhere you are not sure is worth the trip. I go and look at what is actually there now, using current maps and imagery, the ground the cameras can reach, and the written record behind it. You get back one plain written note, about 200 words, in three parts: what holds, what the popular version gets wrong, and where the record stops. Plus the minute I wanted to leave and what kept me there (or the honest fact that there was not one, on a day with nothing in it). Dated sources you can open yourself and a map pin. I do not round a gap off to make it tidy. If the record cannot settle your question, I say that instead of padding it. One revision included.