A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Whenever I try to explain the Society to folks who have never experienced it, I always seem to end up dragging out my photo album. Why? Well, because, as the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

So much of what we do in the Society is visual and experiential that it is nearly impossible sometimes to explain it with mere words, and have it end up sounding nearly as interesting, fun, and, well, cool as it acutally is.

I've dug through my photo album and have tried to find the photographs that, to me, best express what we are trying to do in the Society. These are not always my favorite photos, or even my best ones, but they are the ones that paint a portrait of who we are and what we are trying to do. Do they show our best face? You bet. But they also show the Society that I always see in my mind's eye....not the one where it rains at camping events and I'm wearing sneakers and glasses and you are drinking a soda, but rather the one where we are Lords and Ladies serving Kings and Queens, and the age of Chivalry is in full bloom. This part of the Society exists - here are the pictures to prove it - and it is my hope that it is the Society that each of us strives towards at every event we go to.

Please browse these pages as often as you like, and feel free to direct new folks here if you think they might want to take a peek at what we do before they try it. I took every picture on this site myself (save two, which are noted). Often I know the people in the picture. Sometimes I do not. If you find a photograph of yourself here that you wish removed, please drop me a note and I will be happy to do so. I live in the Kingdom of the East, so all of the photos here were taken at Eastern events, or at Pennsic War.

You may view the photos in two ways. They are arranged as a photo album (in no particular order) which you may browse through one page at a time. Or, if you prefer, I have set up an image index (below) from which you may select photos of a particular subject which interests you. In either case, clicking HOME on any page will bring you back to this one.
Enjoy!

Mistress Anastasia Guta
Province of Malagentia
East Kingdom

To view these images as a photo album, one photo per page, arranged in no particular order,
click here.

Image Index

Combat
A Fort is Attacked
The Field Battle at Pennsic War
A Moment of Glory
A Fencing Battle
Watching The Barrier
At The Barrier

Shopping
Armor For Sale
Merchants
A Quiet Day of Shopping
Goats For Sale
Helms
Woodworking

Equestrian
A Rider in the Emprise
Tilting At Rings
Waiting for the "All Clear"

Archery
Taking Aim
On The Archery Range

Court
A Herald Swears Fealty
Entry Into Court

Places
A Peaceful Invasion
Home Sweet Home

Portraits
A Fighter on the Field
Watching a Battle
A Horse and Its Rider
Swearing Service To The Captain
A Master and His Squires
...This Band of Brothers...
Banners
Woman With Stroller
Elevation To The Peerage
Laughing
Majesty
Summer Scriptorum
"Vain Glory"
A Knight of Valor and Renown
Queen of the Western Kingdom

This website is maintained by Anne Washburne, who is the only one responsible for its content. This site is not endorsed by or affiliated with the Society for Creative Anachronism, inc. in any way. All photographs on all pages listed on this page are copyright 1999 by Anne Washburne, unless otherwise noted. This site was last updated on Tuesday, September 14th. Objects in mirror are larger than they appear. Filmed entirely on location. Keep out of reach of children. I made this.