Paul Worthington

My friend Melinda Miller and I have been posting photos side-by-side every week for more than three years now. Our latest year-long project is called Fore, and you can follow along with us at http://www.paulworthington.com/fore .

Lost

We bought a game table from an antique store. The curly maple top is reversible so you can play at least three different games with it. There are drawers on either side that can hold game pieces. We leave them empty. One of the games you can play with this table is chess. Every time I look at it, I think of my father-in-law, who was a genius chess master. After I shot this photo and was reviewing it for possible inclusion in Fore, I felt the loss again, and also felt this drawer is where one might look for something that’s lost. The inside is dark enough that I always wonder if something’s inside.