Beneath the dry docks in Richmond, CA.
Kaiser once employed 90,000 men in its four shipyards in Richmond, CA. These yards were responsible for constructing 747 ships during the war.Of these shipyards, Kaiser Shipyard #3 is the only permanent shipyard that still remains today.
Stalacites form on the ceiling of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital dormitory building.
(Dark room. 54 seconds. Lit by flashlight.)
The operating room inside the hospital at Alcatraz.
Numbered theatre chairs left inside the hallway of the South Mountain Restoration Center in Pennsylvania.
Though Alcatraz had a Morgue, no autopsies were actually performed here. Bodies were stored there until they could be transported to San Francisco and released to the Coroner.
Peeling paint inside Building 93, former Geriatric Facility, at the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital in Long Island, New York.
Restroom inside the single family rehabilitation home at South Mountain Restoration Center, Pennsylvania.
Shania Twain at the San Diego Sports Arena. (35mm film)
(Night. 60 seconds. Lit by full moon and ambient light.)
The Presidio of San Francisco was turned over to the United States by the Spanish in 1848. More than one hundred years later, in 1989, Congress voted to end its military operations. In 1994, it was turned over to the National Park Service.
A few of my night photographs will be included in the Mare Island Night Photography Exhibit opening August 3.
Details:
August 3 - September 15, 2011
Mare Island Historic Park Foundation Museum
1100 Railroad Avenue, Mare Island, Vallejo [map]
Museum Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd full weekends of the month.
Reception: Sunday, August 14 from 2 to 4 pm
Mare Island Nocturnes features fine art photography, done at night, utilizing long time exposures, by photographers from all over the SF Bay Area, many on return nocturnal “tours of duty.” Chris Rasmussen, a member of the Save Our Sail Advisory Group, and one of the Jurors of the exhibit, has described the exhibit as “A marvelous array of images demonstrating the stark beauty of Mare Island, its industrious past now locked up in a great stillness.” We hope the public will come see these images of a seldom-seen side of the former Mare Island Shipyard, and help celebrate The Nocturnes Twentieth Anniversary - and five years on Mare Island!
Exhibiting Artists Include:
Harvey Abernathey
Tim Baskerville
Mike Browne
Tamara Danoyan
David Dasinger
Andy Frazer
Lenny Greenwald
Alan Grinberg
Ed Hamilton
Amy Heiden
Steve Jackson
Kim Kulish
G Dan Mitchell
Shawn Peterson
Joe Reifer
Deb Rourke
Greta & Manu Schnetzler
Marla Showfer
Richard Stough
Cassandra Wright
The Quads at Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital in Long Island, New York were used as a Geriatric Facility and kitchen during operation.
The South Mountain Restoration Center began in 1901 in Mont Alto, Pennsylvania. Over the last one hundred years, the campus has treated thousands of people for tuberculosis, mental illness and provided general care for the elderly.
(Night. 240 seconds. Lit with ambient light & moonlight.)
This Model Industries Building on Alcatraz was one of two buildings on the island where the prisoners could have jobs. Working was surprisingly, an escape for many of the prisoners. It helped to combat the monotony and isolation of prison life and gave inmates work experience for their life after release.
(Night. 120 seconds. Lit with Xenon flashlight.)
Here in the New Industries building at Alcatraz, built in the 1940's, prisoners washed laundry for the government. At one time, it was the largest laundry facility on the West Coast.
