The Burning House

If your house was burning, what would you bring with you?

It's a philosophical conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. You're forced to prioritize and boil down a life of accrued possessions into what you can carry out with you. What you would bring reflects your interests, background and priorities. People's stage in life also dictates their selection. A father of five in his forties would grab very different things than he would have as a bachelor in his twenties. Think of it as a full interview condensed into one question.

Here is a list of what I would bring,

My Granfather's Explorer Scout shirt

Naked and Famous Jeans (three years old)

Zeiss 35mm f/2

Nike SFB boots

Ralph Lauren alligator belt (well loved)

Leatherman Wave Black

One basalt rock from the Columbia River Gorge

One shell from Nicaragua

Three shells and one stone from the Maine coast

45 RPM orange bandanna

Vintage Woolrich Horse skin hunting gloves

LaCie rugged hard drive (all of my photos and image research)

Rolex Submariner Date with a Zulu Ballistic nylon band

Oakley Razor Blades

Ernest Thompson Seaton, "The Two Little Savages" (well worth a read)

iPhone 4

Not Pictured*

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Sigma 50mm f1.4

What would you bring?

Here are some more links,

The Burning House (Picasa).