Amy Heiden Photography Blog

Photo: "Marches"

Amy Heiden — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:17:28 +0000

Sheet music left backstage in Noble Hall, a Connecticut psychiatric hospital theatre.

Photo: "Dominos"

Amy Heiden — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:10:42 +0000

Norwalk Hall was a male staff and Psychiatric Aid residence at a Connecticut State Hospital. Each room on the lower floors of the Hall were approximately 8ft x 10ft and contained a bed, rocking chair, desk, lockable closet, dresser, mirror and sink. The third floor rooms were much harder to come by and were reserved for the veteran staff.

Photo: "Bridalveil Falls"

Amy Heiden — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:43 +0000

Bridalveil Falls, in Yosemite National Park, flows all year round and stands at an amazing 617ft tall.
(Night. Full moon. 5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.)

Photo: "Chroma"

Amy Heiden — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:35:12 +0000

Dawn on a screened porch of Building 14, a medium security ward, at a Pennsylvania State Hospital. This cottage plan hospital, founded in 1876, received its first patient, a woman, in 1880.

Photo: "Starlight, Starbright"

Amy Heiden — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:04 +0000

Big Sur, California.
(Night. Half moon. 60 seconds at ISO 1600.)

Photo: "Stoop"

Amy Heiden — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:44:32 +0000

Norwich State Hospital was established as a psychiatric hospital in 1904 in Preston Connecticut. It was the second public mental asylum for the state and opened with only 95 patients. Within a few years, the need for more buildings grew. The campus continued to grow and eventually contained 30+ buildings.

Photo: "Lights Out"

Amy Heiden — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:35:52 +0000

Part of a haulted housing project in Bethel Island, California, scheduled to have been completed by 2008. The project plan contained 494 plots, 416 docks, 19 new streets and a marina, but the only elements constructed thus far are the docks.

Night. Full moon. 3.5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.

Photo: "Disregard"

Amy Heiden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:37 +0000

This psychiatric hospital in rural New York opened in 1931 with 60 male patients, but had sufficient beds for over 5,000. As with many early psychiatric hospitals, this one also had its own working farm, a power plant, industrial shops and bowling alley inside the Assembly Hall.

Photo: "Three Brothers"

Amy Heiden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01:19 +0000

Three Brothers, Yosemite National Park.
Night. 85% moon. 15 minutes. Lit by moonlight.

Photo: "Lower Yosemite Falls"

Amy Heiden — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:38:35 +0000

I just returned from a great 3-day weekend in Yosemite with a bunch of Google+ photographers where I spent 3 nights photographing under the moonlight. It was my first time seeing the park and I couldn't have had a better experience. My goal for 2012 is to photograph the park during each season, but maybe even squeeze in a few other trips, like when there's snow.

Lower Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park.
Night. 85% moon. 8.5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.