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The New Standing Stones

My series, “The New Standing Stones,” is inspired by the voice of my great-great-grandfather, whom I hear whenever I drive through the farming communities of Southern Ontario. In 1855, he left his home in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, an area rich with ancient standing stones. He arrived in Perth County, where he and his fellow immigrants cleared the land and constructed another kind of standing stone: the now ubiquitous farm silo. His whispers urge me to capture these giants outstanding in their field.

I have now photographed over 50 silos that honour my great-great-grandfather and his fellow immigrants’ courage, hard work, and the sacrifices they made in building a new world. Perhaps those early settlers saw their new standing stones as a tribute to the ancient standing stones they left behind.

To inquire about prints and any other uses of my work, please email me: david@davidbrandy.com