When I was six I saw a dead body. Living in Louisiana, we would weekends driving around the countryside looking for abandoned plantations. One day, while my Dad was out of town, my two older brothers and sister decided to go biking. I was young so I sat in a seat behind my sisters […]
We forget how much school influences our growth. A place where we spend so much of our time as children interacting with others and being affected by the adults “teaching” us. I can only define this experience based on my own observations. It is a time that still haunts me and defines me. It was
So this is another urban exploration post that I feel helps elaborate the desolation, despair and urgency associated with many of the sites I discover. Always hoping to make each location another page in my thematic view of the world. So this house was discovered in 2017. It had sat quietly in a thick grove
It’s so easy to get distracted by daily work. I know that when it comes to photography, well anything actually, I’m like a dog seeing a squirrel. Obvious attention problems! Someone recently asked if I was EVER going to complete my Pen postings. So here they are! In 1988 I actually managed to convince some
After dodging prying eyes and climbing through the rubble of the Administration Building, the Key Room was the last protected space. For obvious reasons, this particular room held all of the keys to the facility and was the last safe zone until you entered the Yard. Cellblocks were located to the left and right behind
So the seed of my love affair with abandoned buildings was probably planted when I was very young and living in Louisiana. The state was full of old abandoned plantations back then. Many were easy to explore. My Dad would drive us around on the weekend to see how many places we could discover. It
What happens when you combine an amazingly talented dancer with a historic but mostly abandoned train station. Here are some of the images created during a weekend trip to Buffalo. Built in the 1920’s by the same architect as Grand Central Terminal in New York City, this station has languished since the ’80’s. Although the
Working in a very dangerous place with difficult lighting, it was truly a method to practice for future scenarios. Luckily I had a model willing to take the risks and seize the adventure!
It is my departure point from the staid local shoots of the past. Admittedly, the start of grand ideas to come!
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