PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEXT BY DEREK CLARK
They stand silently, but yet menacingly above the homes they provide to. Giant creatures turned to stone as they moved between a multitude of houses. One of them alone holds a million gallons of water elevated to the birds domain. They have become part of the landscape and accepted by the occupants below. Without height there is no pressure. Without pressure there is no water. Without water there is no life.
I had a fantasy more than 30 years ago that one day I would convert one of these water towers into a house and retreat from the world. It would just be H2o on stilts, me, a saxophone and a camera. I would live high in the air, away from society and shoot anyone that dared come within range of my lens.
Within range of my H2OME.
