Off the hinges Canvas Print

The Cole, named the Liberty when it was built, is located in a little town just outside of Houston, Texas, called Rosenberg. Founded in 1883, it was typical of an old west town � right out of the movies.

The rail head brought untold growth and soon Rosenberg became the center of activity for miles around. Among the many goods and service companies were small movie houses.

After the great hurricane of 1900, the entire town was demolished, but by 1912, it was rebuilt and again �.among the many rebuilt businesses were movie houses.

After 1915 and the release of �Birth of a Nation�, a couple of local men, Mr. Felcman and Mr. Podlipny took notice of the constant and now growing movie business.

In the spring of 1919, they purchased a lot on main street and on August 16, 1919, the Liberty Theatre opened with the silent movie �Wanted for Murder� staring Elaine Hammerstein. Sixty four years later, the last regular movie played. In 1983, that 64 year r...

I am an I.T. professional and aspiring programmer by day and a passionate photographer by night... and sometimes also by day. I am always on the look out for that scene or object that just might look interesting when extracted/ separated from everything around it. I don't think I've read more fitting words to live by for a photographer than those of Henry David Thoreau: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." I grew up with the seed of my current obsession with photography was planted the first time I saw the photos my parents took over the years but mostly those my dad took in his youth. But sadly I did not explore this smoldering interest until my late twenties when I stumbled upon the photos of Trey Ratcliff...