We associate experiences with place as well as time. Place is a meaningful way to organize data. Our Farmers Market shopping experiences at different stands in 2001 were as varied as farmers’ presentations of flowers and produce, and as unique as the ways they “branded” their enterprises. As I photographed, we developed individual relationships with each farmer; talking about families with some, Chevys with another, and of course, farming with all. Each farmer’s season is different, depending upon crops grown. Some begin their season with asparagus; others begin with berries. Thus, stands frequented and shopping patterns are determined by the seasonality of produce and flowers. Here are a few of the stands I photographed most frequently throughout the season:

Stand 24, picturesque hills, valleys, and outcroppings of produce . . .

Stand 33, bushels, baskets, boxes, and panoramas of fruits and vegetables. . .

Stand 34, charming farmscapes of vegetables and flowers, loads of famous sweet corn . . .

Stand 61, cornucopias of peppers, vistas of flowers, and plenty of melons . . .

Stand 94, gardens of cut and dried flower bouquets, artfully arranged . . .

The photos in the galleries above are organized primarily by place, and secondarily by time. Photos from each of these places tell different and parallel stories, revealing intersecting cyclical patterns of farmers and shoppers over time. Consider the storytelling potential of a linear narration of any place, or of parallel linear narrations of different places during the same or different, real or relative, time periods.