Lomography

Rollinsford A Little Place with a Lot of Soul
written by fivedayforecast on July 8th, 2009 , 6 comments (4 votes)

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In the tiny state of New Hampshire, there is an almost nonexistent town known as Rollinsford. In fact, it is so small and irrelevant that if you ask people from New Hampshire’s southeast area, many wouldn’t know the whereabouts of Rollinsford. But little do they know that good ol’ Rollywood is a photographer’s heaven.

Rollinsford was settled around the early 1630s, making it one of the earliest towns in New Hampshire and even more importantly, one of the earliest towns in America. Rollywood was settled right along the Salmon Falls River with the hopes of building a mill there in the feature. In 1822 the mills were built along the river in what still is Rollinsford’s downtown. Sadly a fire 12 years later burned down the original building but was later completely rebuilt in the late 1840s.

Over the years, Rollinsford hasn’t changed much. The downtown is nearly non-existent, the mills are still slowly crumbling, and almost nobody in the town takes care of many barns spread throughout the town. I love to photograph old broken down things and for anybody who is like me, Rollinsford will the only place you’ll want to take pictures in for a long time. The Salmon Falls River is full of light rapids where water gracefully cascades over protruding rocks which makes for creamy long exposures. And possibly the best part about Rollinsford is that everything is bike ride or even walking distance from one other.

Only a short bike ride away from the Downtown area is the part of the town where I live. With a short stroll across route 4, you will find the fields are Rollinsford. I have found these fields a great place for photos. These fields contain thousands of acres of land and contain everything from random isolated trees to roaming cows and almost completely consume its side of Rollinsford. Must I mention once again the abundance of barns that inhabit the area?

So come on down sometime with some film to shoot and have a great time. Come and visit out quaint little café, take a jaunt into our launder mat, spend a few hours wandering in the mills, take a drive to the colossal fields, and you’ll have plenty rolls filled with great photos guarantied.

NOTE: In most Lomocations, they ask to pick a certain location of a city or town. I had trouble with this because Rollinsford is as big as most spots that are chosen in most Lomocations. So in my review, the whole town is included