I am known for shooting most of my images at 17mm with everything in focus, but when I walked by and peered into this broken window, I couldn't resist the framing and shallow depth of field.
Photo: "Ivy & I-Beams"
I always love seeing nature reclaim an abandoned space...
Photo: "The Wheelchair"
Western State Hospital, Tennessee
Oh blue hour. You quietly tease us with a 15 minute dance twice a day. I wish you could stay a little bit longer. You make the peeling paint even more glorious, bask a historic building so beautifully in a blue glow and make everything seem more peaceful...
Photo: "Titan II ICBM Pt. 2"
A Titan II ICBM missile on display at the Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 in Arizona.
The Titan II ICBM was in use from 1962 until 2003. This particular missile was designed to hit a target over 9,000 miles away and cost over $3 million per launch.
Photo: "Sloss Furnaces"
Sometimes an opportunity presents itself and you just have to go for it. This was one of those evenings.
This site has been closed since the 1960's, but it was once a major contributor to iron production for nearly 80 years.
Photo: "Boomscape"
This is Boom, the newest member of the dinosaur family.
Here he is enjoying some flowers while traveling in Alberta, Canada.
Photo: "The Surpriser"
Inside a power plant, once part of a 1950's era Beaunit Rayon Factory in Childersburg, Alabama.
Photo: "Cockpit Magic"
One of those most challenging spaces I have photographed in the last year, but also very rewarding.
Photo: "Nothing But A Memory"
If you follow my photography or blog, you’ve likely heard how devastated I am that this beautiful, former asylum has met its demise. When I took this photo, I was standing in a corridor that is now merely a memory.
People often ask me why I shoot these locations and this building right here is a perfect example why. I first photographed this hospital 6 years ago and I returned last year for a second time. Here we are one year later and nothing remains but a small center section of the building. These places are vanishing rapidly and I want to be there to document as many historic sites as I can.
Photo: "Sunwapta River"
Sunwapta River along the Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper National Parks.
Photo: "Cleaner"
Inside the morgue building at Hudson River Psychiatric Hospital in New York.
Photo: "Sunset Blues"
Because who doesn't love dinosaurs.
Photo: "Titan II ICBM"
A Titan II ICBM missile on display at the Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 in Arizona.
The Titan II ICBM was launched for the first time in 1962 and the last time in 2003. The missile was designed to hit a target over 9,000 miles away.
Photo: "Operating Suite"
Operating Room at Central State Hospital.
This building was constructed between 1928 - 1929 and named after the hospital's superintendent at the time. It closed in 1979 and has been abandoned since.
(Dark room. Lit with a warm LED panel and cool LED flashlight.)
Photo: "Intertwined"
Sadly not much is known about this beautiful power plant, but it appears to have been part of the former 1950's era Beaunit Rayon Factory in Childersburg, Alabama.
The plant still stands on well maintained grounds between many active businesses, while the rubble of the now demolished Rayon Factory lays scattered around the nearby fields.