The Allure of Wind Turbines – I

Recently on a return flight from NYC, using my iPhone, I shot a cluster of wind turbines from the window of the plane as we landed.  I felt a familiar spike or a pull in that moment.  This happens to me a lot.  Creatives know the feeling; that call to go make something.  In my case, it’s often images.

I’m originally from the Midwest and so I’m sometimes surprised by the early arrival of Fall in the Northeast.  It’s been 18 years since I lived in my home town of Omaha, NE.  Since living in Buffalo, it has been a great joy for me to photograph the amazing colors all around Western New York during Fall months.  This Fall, wind turbines have entered my creative space in a new way.  In my adventures searching for them, I have stumbled upon numerous small wonders.

Buffalo Wind Turbines, Molly J. Jarboe
Buffalo Wind Turbines, 9/26/14, Molly Jarboe

Tour de Neglect featured in the Guardian!

When I first moved to Buffalo for my MFA in photography in 2000, I spent a lot of time photographing all over the city for a project I was working on about abandoned toys.  I found plenty of subjects for my project on Buffalo’s run down East Side and I became very familiar with the area.

Recently, when I saw a facebook invite from David Torke, I jumped at the opportunity to participate in his September edition of Tour de Neglect.   David is a Buffalo photographer, blogger and community activist whose efforts to bring much needed love and attention to the East Side have been getting some impressive press lately.  I’d read about past tours in various local publications and I was excited to get involved.

David’s efforts were recently featured in the Guardian and I am honored to have a couple of snaps I took on that ride included in the article by Ethan Powers.

Here’s a link to the article – The Tour de Neglect: a cycle ride through Buffalo’s deprived East Side.

Person A…

“Person A understands Person B because the time is right for that to happen, not because Person B wants to be understood by Person A.”


― Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood

A couple in Melbourne, MJJ
A couple in Melbourne, MJJ