After discovering the Big Muskie while on a portrait shoot outside of Zanesville, Ohio, I knew this was something I had to shoot. The Muskie was a relic of an industrial age gradually disappearing. It was one of the largest shovels ever built. A iron monster sitting in the middle of nowhere begging to be …
A couple of years ago, I returned to Buffalo to explore some of the many abandoned buildings. I was hoping, once again, to bring a model into these locations. Buffalo is one of those legacy cities in the Midwest responsible for industrialization throughout our country. It’s an element of those factory cities that surround Lake …
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 …
From the abandoned house on Wilson, I was able to coerce a model into a shoot. We didn’t have much time and it seemed like visibility was making it more active to other explorers. With my good friend Alan acting as spotter, we explored the house once again. It wasn’t difficult to convey the loneliness …
It’s wonderful when you find a spot that no one really has photographed. It’s especially exciting when the place has different interesting rooms and the light is constantly changing. This house was discovered over a year ago. After questioning a mysterious driveway into the woods, I was able to confirm a building with Google Maps. …
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 …
Frequently locations disappear before I even have the chance to initially photograph them. And sometimes I’m fortunate. In this case, fortune smiled and we were able to suggest the spirits that still occupy these spaces.
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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