Final Project Jessica Carbine

Old Soul; a term used to describe those who find themselves out of place in this new world, often feel a longing to go back to the old times. Helper Utah is one such place that seems to embody this idea. The town looks as though it is from another time, the buildings are in good repair as though no time has passed at all, but the atmosphere feels almost deserted at times. Helper is a historic mining town, where the railroad was used extensively to take coal out of the town and bring supplies in. The rails were once so important to take you in and out of this town but many of them are no longer in use. If you follow these abandoned rails out of town, you will come to a place called Spring Canyon. Once this area was a small mining community much like Helper, the buildings now fall into decay, but they refuse to wither away completely. This black and white series seeks to explore not only the difference between these two places, but also how eerily similar they are.