Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch Noah Towell, who has a fever, laying in an uninstalled basement window well in the spring season. His dog Banjo is barking. Two cats and Isaac's playpen are on the front porch of the farmhouse. Lam (...)
bton County, Ontario, Canada. 1995. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch My oldest son Moses Towell eats a wild pear while Ann sits behind the wheel of a 1951 pickup truck. It's the family's only vehicle. I bought it as junk for $200 and fixed it up on my own. Lambton C (...)
ounty, Ontario, Canada. 1983. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch Naomi Towell stands by the window inside of the abandoned farmhouse that is just down the road from our home. It is on the eastern edge of the farm. From the pioneer cemetery on the small knoll in (...)
the field across from the house, one can see the remains of four farms. Fifty years ago, this part of rural Ontario was heavily populated. Sparse human landscape remains. Naomi and I often come into this house to explore. My earliest pictures were taken of my sisters in abandoned houses who were about her age in this picture. If one is not careful you will fall through the floor which has rotten away from the rain. Our nearest neighbors live two miles away. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1992. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch After his friend shaved his head, Moses Towell lies on a hand crocheted bedspread that his mother Ann made. His bedroom window faces the south pasture. You can hear the cows in the morning grazing (...)
by the window, or at night, moving in a herd. Moses shaved his head as it was the style at the time. Even country boys can be in style. Moses went away to camp this summer, bald head and all. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1995. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch Isaac Towell in the fourth month of his history in the queen ann's lace wildflowers down the road from his house. The queen ann's lace is also known as 'wild carrot' for the stalk's distinct flavor (...)
and smell. It grows wild throughout the countryside and farmers consider it to be a weed. Isaac is wearing a bonnet made by his mother Ann out of yellow cotton, and he is a few yards from the site of an ancient native Canadian Indian village that is in the process of being excavated by local archaeologist David RidellI. Isaac's house is approximately 100 year's old and was built by pioneer land surveyor Samuel Smith. The house is located about 100 yards from a set of river rapids locally known as 'Smith's Falls' from which the farm gets its name. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1994. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch Ann Towell enters the porch from the south side in the process of transplanting flowers into flowerbeds. The front porch is a general catch-all for the children's toys, pets and paraphernalia. It (...)
is always a hub of activity for a family, especially when the warm weather hits. In the back hangs clothes drying on the line. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1998. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell | The World from My Front Porch Naomi Towell's twelfth birthday party. Naomi's friends are seen through the rear window of her father's 1951 Chevy pickup truck as he drives down the gravel road. Naomi and her friends are sitting (...)
in the box of the truck. They stopped to pick day lilies for their hair. The road is lined with black locust and black walnut trees. Birthdays are rituals for adolescents. Age 12 is a common milestone around the world marking the symbolic entrance into adulthood. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1996. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell A Mexican Mennonite family, the Wall family, comes to visit the photographer's family on a summer Sunday afternoon. The children are playing with the hammock while the adults try to carry on a conv (...)
ersation over the noise. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1993. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Neighbor Sarah Lewis pulls Naomi Towell in a homemade children's wagon with her dog along the township road. Most rural people have a dog for company, a family pet, and to an extent for security. T (...)
hey bark at night if strangers are around. Sinbad is the dog's name. Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. 1990. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos