Hallway inside Bldg 17, a patient treatment and housing building, abandoned in the 1960's, at a Pennsylvania state psychiatric hospital.
Photo: "Patched"
Bathroom inside the Lippitt building at Norwich State Hospital.
The Lippitt building, a colonial revival style building at Norwich State Hospital, was designed as a psychopathic facility in 1920. It played a big role in the history of the treatment of the mentally ill as it was built a few years after the first facility of its kind. The facility provided medical treatments for mental and physical disorders. Lippitt was equipped with x-ray, hydrotherapy and surgical technology and even frequently performed lobotomies. The building was likely named after Costello Lippitt who was once the mayor of Norwich, Connecticut and the president of the hospital's Board of Trustees.
Photo: "Moss Wash"
Private bathroom inside building 14, a medium security ward at a Pennsylvania State Hospital founded in the 1880's.
Photo: "Rooted"
Yosemite National Park, California.
Photo: "Wash Hands"
Sign inside Building 93 of Kings Park Psychaitric Hospital in New York.
Photo: "Fire Light"
Some of the walls of this room in Building 14 were charred and portions of the ceiling collapsed. It appears as though this building at a Pennsylvania psychiatric hospital experienced a small fire sometime after it was abandoned.
Photo: "0 Halycon Place"
Intersection of Halycon Pl and Delta Coves Dr in Bethel Island. (Night. Full moon. 2 minutes. Lit by moonlight.)
This area is part of a housing project, scheduled to be finished in 2008, that lost money and was left unfinished. The plots all contain docks on the Delta, but no foundations were ever started.
Photo: "Crumbling"
Paint chips fall onto a former bed inside the Forst Building at Trenton State Hospital.
Photo: "Rancho Seco Park"
The Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Plant in Herald, California is a decommissioned power plant that began operation in 1975. The plant stayed in operation until 1989, when it was closed due to public vote.
During operation, the plant produced almost 500 spent nuclear fuel assemblies measuring 8.5" x 12ft and radioactive in nature.
Photo: "P9"
Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Vallejo, California.
Night. 65% moon. 2 minutes. Lit by mostly ambient light.
Photo: "Batons & Catwalks"
Backstage in the catwalks of Noble Hall, an early 1900's era theatre in Connecticut, the batons are tied off with decaying rope.
Photo: "View From Sentinel Bridge"
View of Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge, Yosemite National Park.
(Night. Full moon. 6 minutes. Lit by moonlight.)
Photo: "Nurses Station"
Nurses station in Building 17 at a Pennsylvania State Psychiatric Hospital. The hospital was designed by Wilson Brothers and Company between 1878-1880 and was the first institution in the United States to recognized female physicians.
Photo: "Central Power Plant"
Building 121, the central power plant, was constructed in 1918.
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first US Navy Base on the West Coast. The land was purchased in 1853 and shipbuilding was commenced in 1854. During WWI and WWII, the base was responsible for the construction of dozens of ships, including destroyers, battleships and submarines. The base closed in 1996 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Program.
Photo: "Lurking"
Prior to the February Yosemite trip, I purchased an LED lantern with (4) removable, battery powered panels. Not only is the lantern great for camping, but the panels are small, light weight and can be individually carried around and used for light painting.
This was my first shot testing out their functionality. A ladder would have been helpful when painting the higher branches of the tree, but this was essentially the effect I was aiming for. I am anxious to continue testing and improving this method.
Yosemite National Park, California.
(Night. 80 seconds. Lit with (4) LED panels.)