Dan Price’s compact dwelling makes the entrance a major part of the story. The small opening and wooded surroundings introduce a life organised around limited space and creative work.
Smallness is a design choice, not a character judgment
Price’s dwelling reflects one artist’s decisions about space, possessions and daily activity. The small entrance introduces a home arranged around particular priorities. Its character becomes clearer through the interior and his own account of living there.
Photographs can show the close scale and selected possessions, but they do not provide a full building specification or current account of his life. Enjoy the archive as a personal housing story, without assuming underground construction automatically guarantees comfort, dryness or low cost in another place.
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Video: HOBBIT MAN: OREGON: Reporter: Denham Hitchcock (published by newsbadger).
The approach and the interior tell different parts of the story
The small entrance makes the dwelling seem almost hidden within its surroundings. Inside, the arrangement of possessions shows how deliberately limited space has to be used. The full gallery keeps that progression from outside to inside, rather than making the doorway stand for the whole home.
A small room can make ordinary objects prominent
In a compact interior, a shelf, a sleeping place or a work surface occupies a substantial part of the view. That makes the relationship between possessions and space especially visible. Price’s artistic life belongs in the account because the dwelling is one part of a wider personal choice, not merely an attempt to produce the smallest possible building.
Let the interview carry the personal account
In HOBBIT MAN: OREGON, reporter Denham Hitchcock interviews Price about his unconventional home and the choices behind it. Hearing him describe his life adds something the room photographs cannot provide: the occupant’s own account of what matters to him. The small dwelling is part of that personal story, alongside his creative work and the way he organises his days.
The complete image sequence
An entrance of this size makes crossing the threshold unusually noticeable. Inside, nearby walls and possessions quickly define the scale of the room. The dwelling’s character comes partly from those close relationships, with little distance between a place to rest and a place to work.
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- Dan Price
- Hobbit Man
- Dan Price
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That's pretty awesome. He's got everything he needs: food, water, toilet, books, and a bike. I wouldn't mind doing that for a couple of months to clear my head.
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