Nubble Light: Natural Abstracts

While everyone was taking photos of the iconic Maine lighthouse, I took a slightly different approach:

New Work: Pickers' Paradise

New Year's Day. Somewhere DownEast.

New Work: Benson Park (Hudson, NH)

Formerly the site of Benson's Wild Animal Park. These photos are influenced by Salvador Dali, the movie "Escape from Tomorrow" and last year's shoot at Eastern State Penitentiary.

Above: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe needs a good cobbler

Above: A malevolent scarecrow

Above: Creepy critters feasting on the old train station

Above: Electrical shortage

Above: Losing power

Above: The gorilla cage

Above: Detail of gorilla cage. It's crazy how much this looks like a prison cell.

Above: Don't fence me in...

Above: The (hopefully not) missing child....

Above: Happy Halloween!

Can I Use That Photo? What the Law Has to Say

Here's how to avoid running afoul of copyright laws: http://www.legaltechdesign.com/visualawlibrary/2014/08/05/can-use-picture-copyright-images-flowchart/

New Work: Escape from Grounds for Sculpture (Hamilton, NJ)

A month or so ago, I watched Escape from Tomorrow," about a sinister theme park. Today, my daughter, grandson and I visited Grounds for Sculpture (Hamilton, NJ), which reminded me more than a little of the picture. (Parents posing their little cherubs on sculptures of larger than life nudes, etc.) Because the weekend was intended as a social visit, I didn't bring any camera and had to shoot with just my iPad. Here are some images, given the "Escape from Tomorrow" treatment:

New Work: Dandelion

Because it's been way too long:

New Work: Eastern State Penitentiary (PA)

The following is a representative sample of the 400+ images I shot last weekend at Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia, PA). I've been fascinated by the abandoned prison ever since I learned about it a few years ago. While the Penitentiary closed more than 40 years ago, it has been operated for the past few decades as a tourist attraction. These images are heavily influenced by the more than three years I spent as a volunteer at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men.

These images (and 46 others) can also be viewed on my web site.

To learn more about Eastern State Penitentiary, visit www.easternstate.org.