Cold River. Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. October 2014.
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Cold River.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. October 2014.
Cold River. Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. March 2015.
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Cold River.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. March 2015.
The Common. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. December 2013.
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The Common.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. December 2013.
Voting for the Midterm Elections. Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. November 2018.
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Voting for the Midterm Elections.
Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. November 2018.
Midterm Elections, Ernie Vose, Polling Station Chairman, leads members of the Counting Committee in taking the oath before counting votes. In daily life Vose is a poultry farmer who sells the eggs of 15.000 hens. Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. November 2010.
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Midterm Elections, Ernie Vose, Polling Station Chairman, leads members of the Counting Committee in taking the oath before counting votes. In daily life Vose is a poultry farmer who sells the eggs of 15.000 hens.
Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. November 2010.
Drewsfield. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. December 2013.
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Drewsfield.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. December 2013.
Salesgirl of the Drewsville General Store in Halloween costume. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2011.
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Salesgirl of the Drewsville General Store in Halloween costume.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2011.
Apple tree. Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. Februari 2010.
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Apple tree.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. Februari 2010.
Apple tree. Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. August 2011.
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Apple tree.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. August 2011.
Gilsum Garage, Mike and Michael, father and son,installing a new catalytic converter. Gilsum, New Hampshire, USA. October 2010.
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Gilsum Garage, Mike and Michael, father and son,installing a new catalytic converter.
Gilsum, New Hampshire, USA. October 2010.
The car graveyard of Gilsum Garage. Gilsum, New Hampshire, USA. July, 2013.
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The car graveyard of Gilsum Garage.
Gilsum, New Hampshire, USA. July, 2013.
Grafton, Vermont, USA. October 2019.
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Grafton, Vermont, USA. October 2019.
Drewsville Cemetery. Most of the grave markers are from the early to mid nineteenth century. Thomas Collins Drew (1762-1843), an American Revolutionary War Veteran, and later colonel of the Twentieth Regiment of the New Hampshire militia, bought the land that would become the village of Drewsville in 1810. The power of the Cold River and Blanchard Brook allowed the hamlet to become a center of cotton and wool manufacturing through the mid 1800’s. Colonel Drew is buried in the cemetery. His grave marker is the second one to the left of the large honey locust tree on the right. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
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Drewsville Cemetery. Most of the grave markers are from the early to mid nineteenth century.
Thomas Collins Drew (1762-1843), an American Revolutionary War Veteran, and later colonel of the Twentieth Regiment of the New Hampshire militia, bought the land that would become the village of Drewsville in 1810. The power of the Cold River and Blanchard Brook allowed the hamlet to become a center of cotton and wool manufacturing through the mid 1800’s.
Colonel Drew is buried in the cemetery. His grave marker is the second one to the left of the large honey locust tree on the right.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
Reading aloud to a friend from the book "Why We Broke Up" in the library of Fall Mountain Regional High School. Langdon, New Hampshire, USA. November 2014.
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Reading aloud to a friend from the book "Why We Broke Up" in the library of Fall Mountain Regional High School.
Langdon, New Hampshire, USA. November 2014.
Fritze and Niño. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2015.
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Fritze and Niño.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2015.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. August 2019.
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Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. August 2019.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. May 2008.
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Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. May 2008.
Christina and her 4-H cow. Winchester, New Hampshire, USA. June 2011.
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Christina and her 4-H cow.
Winchester, New Hampshire, USA. June 2011.
The Prom of Fall Mountain Regional High School. Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. May 2011.
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The Prom of Fall Mountain Regional High School.
Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. May 2011.
The Prom of Fall Mountain Regional High School. Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. May 2011.
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The Prom of Fall Mountain Regional High School.
Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. May 2011.
Ariel's and Eric's Wedding. Chester, Vermont, USA. August 2015.
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Ariel's and Eric's Wedding.
Chester, Vermont, USA. August 2015.
Beaver Pond. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2011.
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Beaver Pond.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. October 2011.
Moonrise at Bascom Farm. Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. November 2018.
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Moonrise at Bascom Farm.
Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. November 2018.
After a night frost, ice crystals on the windscreen of a car. Drewsville, New Hampshire, November 2018.
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After a night frost, ice crystals on the windscreen of a car. Drewsville, New Hampshire, November 2018.
Scott and his son Mitchell ice fishing in their self-build ice shanty at Hoyt's Landing, a cove of the Connecticut River. Springfield, Vermont, USA. January 2015.
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Scott and his son Mitchell ice fishing in their self-build ice shanty at Hoyt's Landing, a cove of the Connecticut River.
Springfield, Vermont, USA. January 2015.
The catch of a day of ice fishing at Hoyt's Landing, a cove of the Connecticut River. Springfield, Vermont, USA. January 2015.
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The catch of a day of ice fishing at Hoyt's Landing, a cove of the Connecticut River.
Springfield, Vermont, USA. January 2015.
Abandoned nest of an Eastern Phoebe. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. June 2011.
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Abandoned nest of an Eastern Phoebe.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. June 2011.
Dean and a bottle lamb at Bascom Farm. Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
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Dean and a bottle lamb at Bascom Farm.
Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
Memorial Day. Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. May 2017.
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Memorial Day.
Alstead, New Hampshire, USA. May 2017.
Staffer on Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign. Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. August 2019.
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Staffer on Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign.
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. August 2019.
Friends at Charlestown Middle School. Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. April 2012.
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Friends at Charlestown Middle School.
Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA. April 2012.
Cheshire Fair. Keene, New Hampshire, USA. August 2018.
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Cheshire Fair.
Keene, New Hampshire, USA. August 2018.
Swimming hole. Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. July 2018.
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Swimming hole.
Walpole, New Hampshire, USA. July 2018.
Racing tracks on the Old Cheshire Turnpike. Teenagers like to joy ride their cars here with bravado after sunset. This time the driver managed to avoid the edge of a wood and escape disaster. American youth can drive a car in the State of New Hampshire at the age of sixteen. I know at least four boys who crashed their cars soon after earning their license. One walked away unscathed, one was wounded and totaled his car, one was severely wounded but lived to tell the tale, and one had to bury his friend who was a passenger in his car. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
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Racing tracks on the Old Cheshire Turnpike. Teenagers like to joy ride their cars here with bravado after sunset. This time the driver managed to avoid the edge of a wood and escape disaster. American youth can drive a car in the State of New Hampshire at the age of sixteen. I know at least four boys who crashed their cars soon after earning their license. One walked away unscathed, one was wounded and totaled his car, one was severely wounded but lived to tell the tale, and one had to bury his friend who was a passenger in his car.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. May 2021.
Blanchard Brook. Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. February 2020.
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Blanchard Brook.
Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA. February 2020.

Drewsville & Beyond

In 2010 I came to live in the hamlet of Drewsville, New Hampshire, USA, to finish my photo book The Other Farm, and stayed. This is my ongoing exploration of my personal connection to this specific place, the small town communities in the southern rural part of the state, and in neighboring Vermont, on both sides of the Connecticut River.

Ellen Kok

Ellen Kok is a photographer and writer from the Netherlands, who combines photo essays with written stories. She mainly works on long-term projects and self-publishes under her imprint Netherlight.
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