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Two people race down the Queenstown Luge in Queenstown, New Zealand, Feb. 17, 2020.
Thousands of visitors watch the New Year's Eve fireworks over the Sydney Harbour from the base of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Jan. 1, 2020. While large parts of Australia burned during the nation's most catastrophic bushfire season in history, Sydney's world-famous fireworks display was one of the only shows to still go on in the country.
A skateboarder does a kick flip off of the stairs of the historic General Post Office building in Sydney, March 21, 2020. Due to government closures of many businesses in the wake of the growing COVID-19 pandemic, many parts of the usually bustling downtown were nearly empty.
A dancer performs in a show as part of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Sydney, Jan. 25, 2020. It is the beginning of 16 days of festivities.
Pedestrians cross Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 26, 2020.
A young girl feed a duck on the edge of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand.
Steve Lin poses for a selfie on an abandoned structure at the top of the crater rim in Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 27, 2019. Since the park’s entrance closed during this sunset, Lin took a treacherous climb along the top of the crater rim’s steep walls to the bottom with nothing more than a headlamp.
A charcuterie board prepared by an NC State student in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 1, 2020.
UNC club rugby players Philip Patterson and Neeral Patel work out in the basement of their home in Chapel Hill, Sept. 1, 2020. After gyms shut down under statewide coronavirus lockdown orders, they have had to figure out ways to train on their own.
UNC student Evan Davison skates off of a ramp at the Chapel Hill Skate Park in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 20, 2020.
Reflection in water of a woman walking across The Pit on UNC’s campus in Chapel Hill, N.C. The sunken brick structure at the heart of campus floods during heavy rains.
A Howard fan smokes a cigar at a tailgate before a football game at NC A&T in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The Bulldogs beat the Bison 64-6 in their homecoming game.
Two lion dancers perform in the Market City mall in Chinatown in Sydney, Jan. 25, 2020. The highly coordinated dance performed atop narrow pedestals kicks off 16 days of festivities celebrating the Lunar New Year.
Dozens of flip-flops nailed to a telephone pole on the side of Highway 11 in Big Island, Hawaii.
Students work on a bench in the Talley Student Union at NC State in Raleigh, N.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Many tables inside the union were taped off for social distancing measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Street performer Tom Nkulu does a flip in front of a crowd in Darling Harbour in Sydney, Jan. 25, 2020. It was the first day of Sydney’s 16-day-long celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Kyle McClintock reacts to an announcement on a Zoom call for her sorority in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 27, 2020. Her sorority at NC State, Alpha Omega Epsilon, has no in-person events due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Toys, flowers, beads, and other trinkets adorn a small grave in the Old Burying Grounds or Beaufort, N.C., July 11, 2020. The grave belongs to the “Rum Keg Girl,” a young daughter who died from illness while returning from a voyage to England in the 1700’s. Although it was customary to bury bodies at sea, the father, who had promised his wife that he would bring the daughter home safely, insisted on bringing her body home.
A housecat sits atop a completed puzzle in Charlotte, N.C., May 2, 2020. When coronavirus lockdown orders kept people inside, this family turned to puzzles as a diversion.
Visitors watch the sunset at the Blue Mountains National Park near Sydney, March 18, 2020.
UNC student Evan Davison does a trick on a ramp at the Chapel Hill Skate Park in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sept. 20, 2020.
Feature Package on Yard Restoration
(shot with one 50mm lens)
At this home, yard maintenance is more than a chore – it’s a way to reclaim the past. As the new residents clear the blanket of vines and dead trees that cover their property, they make new discoveries that teach them about the man who built the house 70 years prior: John V. Allcott. The former director of art at UNC, Allcott built the house for his family in 1951 in a forest south of UNC’s campus. It was a house filled with art and music. Allcott’s son recalled his father playing Joplin on a piano in the living room under a painting by Raoul Dufy, now on display in the Ackland Art Museum. Decades later, after Allcott’s death, his wife sold the home, and it fell into disrepair. Vines of kudzu and English ivy crept along the property, hiding much of it from view. When new residents moved in in 2019 and began cutting down the vines, they uncovered things they never expected to see buried in their yard. Pottery fragments. Porcelain plates. Sea shells. Painted statuettes. Most unusual was a complex system of stone walls that surrounded the home, likely built by Allcott himself. Together, these findings are a window into the past, a time capsule connecting the house to the man who used to live there decades before.
Neeral Patel chops a tree limb at his home in Chapel Hill, NC on Jan. 30, 2021. Behind him is a forest of trees densely covered in vines of English ivy and kudzu.
Patel takes a break from cutting wood that will soon be burned in the firepit in the corner.
Patel saws a large branch into pieces small enough to dispose of.
Patel fights to cut a branch with a branch clipper. With no power tools at their disposal, dealing with the mess of vines and dead trees at their home is a challenge.
Patel carries a bundle of firewood into the basement of his home to dry. There, piles of tree branches and strands of ivy sit on top of a concrete floor covered in random droplets of paint – the likely remnants of an art studio.
Patel saws a branch while housemate Philip Patterson rakes leaves. On the wall are the remnants of English ivy that once covered the home.
Patterson rakes leaves in the forest behind the home. At the base of the pine trees lie stones from an old set of stairs, likely built by John V. Allcott himself.
Patterson rakes leaves near a rock wall that had been buried under a blanket of kudzu and debris until recently. Atop the wall sits two large snail shells discovered nearby that were likely used for decoration long ago.
