“Natalia”
Numéro, Issue 43, May 2003
Photographers: René Habermacher and Jannis Tsipoulanis
Stylist: Capucine Safyurtlu
Model: Natalia Vodianova
Included is the corresponding cover for the issue.
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The Shape of Shutdown in National Parks
In late March, I visited a deserted and crumbling Atwood-Higgins House on the Cape Cod National Seashore. It was an unexpected and eerie glimpse into what a shutdown could look like for historic landmarks in National Parks.
While the door to the home swung open to invite animals and squatters, the interior was not overtly damaged by long-term exposure to wind, sand, rain and snow. Instead, the site appeared to have been hastily abandoned for the season. Strewn on the floor were the only loose objects in the house: a first aid kit, one flashlight without batteries, some photocopies of National Parks brochures and architectural elevations.
The 1730 Cape Cod-style house and farmstead is one of the oldest in the region. Located in a remote area of Bound Brook Island in Wellfleet, MA, the site has been in the hands of the National Park Service since 1961 when it was donated by George Higgins, a seventh generation descendent of the original owner. Upon returning from World War I, Higgins, an amateur historian, restored his family’s home and developed the site into a mock 18th century farm (ala Colonial Williamsburg) complete with a country store.
Surrounding barns, outhouses and guest houses on the site were under padlock and appeared to be melting into their foundations. Several carried signs warned of unstable foundations and DANGER. Not unlike the chilling appeal of disaster-porn, the house carried all the visual signals of crumbling infrastructure, shifting interests and the slow creep of entropy.
