Capturing San Francisco 100 Years Later
According to the New York Times, the Magnitude 7.9 earthquake and fire that destroyed San Francisco on April 18, 1906 was the first widely photographed disaster. Of all the photos documenting the...
View ArticleThe Delta Works
In June 2007, I was invited as a special guest to join Job van de Sande, head of Deltaworks Online, to document the country’s most important dams and sluices. We used kite aerial photography to produce...
View ArticleSS Independence Ghost Ship
The distinct Hawaiian-themed funnels of the abandoned S.S. Independence cruise ship, visible from both I-280 and HWY 101, were a familiar site to commuters in San Francisco. The neglected ghost ship...
View ArticleAbandoned Six Flags in New Orleans
I met fellow explorers Mike Rosati and Minda Vermazen for the first time in the Las Vegas Airport, en route to New Orleans to photograph the abandoned Six Flags Theme Park that closed when Hurricane...
View ArticleGreystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, New Jersey’s second oldest insane asylum, opened its doors to the first 300 patients in 1877. Originally called the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Morristown,...
View ArticleInside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet
For decades, dozens of forgotten Navy and merchant ships have been corroding in Suisun Bay, 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. These historic vessels—the Mothball Fleet—served their country in four...
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