Skull, likely that of a deer, found in the basement of a crumbling house in Sonoma, California.
Photo: "Bunk Beds"
Patient mattresses piled in a day room of the Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum.
Photo: "The Queen Of All Mines"
This is a mining cabin from a Death Valley Mine, which opened in 1917 and was was known to have the largest body of proved commercial-grade ore in the region. During the years of operation, this mine produced 16,000 tons of crude ore, which yielded 5 million lbs of lead, 100,000 ozs. silver, 1,500 ozs gold, and 146,000 lbs of copper.
Photo: "The Patterns In My Head Never Subside"
Sunrise at the Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley
January 2013
Photo: "Topaz Lake"
The view across Topaz Lake, Nevada on a foggy, brisk January morning.
Photo: "1914 Organ and Historical Essay"
I recently had the opportunity to photograph the St. Joseph's Church in San Francisco, a beautiful, magnificent church, in use from 1913-1989.
Read my historical essay here: http://bit.ly/StJosephsChurch
Pictured here: The 99 year old church organ.
Photo: "The First Is A New Beginning"
I was going to hold off on posting these photos, but I'm too excited not to share. This morning, I experienced my first sunrise with fog at the Golden Gate.
Last night, I saw the low fog rolling over the hills on my way home and decided to wake up at 5am to check the webcams. +Joe Azure and I exchanged a few text messages and decided we were going to give it a shot, even though there was only a bit of fog on the webcams.
When I parked my car in Marin, this was my surreal view. In fact, this was also the first shot of the morning, so it felt fitting to post the first image of the first fog morning at the beautiful Golden Gate.
Photo: "Romanesque"
The St. Joseph's Church was constructed in 1913 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The building experienced minor structural damage in 1989 during the Loma Prieta quake and the church never opened its doors again.
Photo: "Pick Up the Questions"
December sunset in Southern California.
Photo: "Golden Dairy Farm"
Former California dairy farm during blue hour.
Photo: "A Life Without Light"
Former patient bed left on the dark first floor of the Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum.
Photo: "Let the Breeze In"
Former fish hatchery, Mono Lake Basin.
Photo: "Skeleton's Disco"
Fort Funston, California.
Photo: "Shadows Tell One Hundred Stories"
Stained glass window, St. Joseph's Church
This large stained glass window spans another 6-8 feet down to the ground floor below. However, after the church was re-constructed, in 1913, after being destroyed by fire from the San Francisco quake of 1906, this small attic-like space was added to this room, visually splitting the beautiful window in half.
Photo: "Candy Coated Dreams"
Sunset from Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco. 1/19/13