Field Notes

Short observations on how people behave when given a little authority and a shared fence line.

A high-contrast black and white photograph of a broken wrought-iron community security gate. One side of the gate hangs crookedly off its hinge, preventing it from closing properly. The background shows a slightly blurred entrance to a residential neighborhood under a moody, overcast sky, symbolizing community neglect and deferred maintenance.

The Gate That Stayed Broken

Field Notes / patrick-jean-baptiste

The gate had been stuck in a half-open shrug for three weeks, and the app that was supposed to control […]