Lost America: Roadside Gallery



	THE STAIRCASE 2005 Byron Hot Springs Hotel, Byron California. Built in the 1930s, used for POW interrogations during WWII. Abandoned for decades, many say it's quite haunted. It IS noisy at night in there . . . Night,full moon, dark interior, blue and red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D.

	WINGBACKS 2005 Leftover props for the filming of a movie in the huge waiting room at the long abandoned Oakland, CA Southern Pacific Station. Night, sodium vapor light coming from the opposite side windows, green- and red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from The Station.

	RED VALVES 2005 At the Hercules Powder Works, Hercules, CA, a 19th century dynamite factory. Closed in 1977, torn down and subdivided in 2006. Night, full moon, 100VS film, 3 minute exposure red-gelled flashlight. My last film shoot before going digital.

	GRAND STAIRCASE 2007 The massive (and difficult to light) first floor lobby vestibule inside the 1917 Bethlehem Steel offices in San Francisco, CA. Made entirely of marble. Canon 20D. Night, completely dark room (except the streetlight shining on the steps through a crack in the boarded up windows), blue and red-gelled strobe flash. Minor perspective adjust in Photoshop. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	THE END OF THE LINE 2005 A rainy night in the outdoor baggage area at the abandoned Oakland, CA Southern Pacific Station. Canon 20D, night, one minute exposure, full moon, sodium vapor light. Available light only. See more images from The Station.

	PHOENIX TROTTING PARK 2000 Built by east coast gambling interests and closed after only 2 seasons, this early 60s Googie masterpiece has stood abandoned for over 30 years. Home to thousands of pigeons. 160T film, 4 minute exposure, full moon. Available light only.

	ANHYDROUS 2007 The blueprint room inside the 1917 Bethlehem Steel offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, sodium vapor light, blue-gelled and natural flashlight. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	VERTICALITY 2004 The back of building 253 at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, an angle few have seen. Night, 100VS chrome film, 8 minutes, f5.6, full moon. Available light only. See more images from Hunters Point.

	THE BLUE CROWN 2005 In the immense lobby of the abandoned Oakland, CA Southern Pacific Station. Canon 20D, night, totally dark room, red and blue-gelled strobe flash. See more images from The Station.

	THE GRAND ENTRANCE 2005 Byron Hot Springs Hotel, Byron California. Built in the 1930s, used for POW interrogations during WWII. Encroaching subdivisions threaten . . . Canon 20D, night, one minute exposure, full moon. Available light only.

	WE HAVE WAYS TO MAKE YOU TALK 2007 Building 4900, abandoned. The decommissioned Fort Ord Army Base near Monterey, California. Canon 20D, night, full moon, sodium vapor, red-gelled and natural flashlight. See more images from Fort Ord.

	UNDERWATER CUBBIES 2007 One of the well lit south wing offices inside the Bethlehem Shipyard offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, mercury vapor streetlight shining through the dirty and lumpy old windows and red-gelled flashlight. Major perspective adjust in Photoshop. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	STALL 18 2005 The rainy parking lot at the abandoned Oakland, CA Southern Pacific Station. Canon 20D, night, totally dark room, red and blue-gelled strobe flash. See more images from The Station.

	RED OCTAGON 2004 One of the abandoned houses on the hill above Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA. About 20 houses sat untouched and forgotten for 30 years in one of the most valuable real estate markets in the world. The entire neighborhood was torn down as part of the redevelopment of the base in 2006, even the trees and streets were removed. Night, 100VS chrome film, 4 minutes, f5.6, full moon, green and red-gelled strobe-flash. See more images from Hunters Point.

	ESCALATOR 2000 The entrance vestibule of the spectacular Phoenix Trotting Park. Abandoned for decades, it has been the location for many films and the scene of many crimes. It's a long walk up that escalator . . . 160T film, 4 minute exposure, full moon, red-gelled strobe flash.

	SIX RED LIGHTS 2007 Corner office right over the main entrance at the 1917 Bethlehem Steel offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, completely dark room, mixed exterior lighting, 2 pops of strobe flash. Composite of 2 images. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	KITTY 2004 Dead and desiccated Siamese cat inside the Madam's home attached to Bobbie's Buckeye Bar, Tonopah, NV, an abandoned bar and whorehouse. Did the Madam go into hospital and leave her kitty to starve? Abandoned for about a year before I found it (judging by the expired liquor license), the place was unlocked and wide open that day, but on my last trip to Tonopah it was locked up tight. Completely dark room, 100VS film, green-gelled strobe flash. More from Bobbies.

	RADIATOR GLOW 2007 The ladies powder-room off the 4th floor theater in the 1917 Bethlehem Steel offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, totally dark room, flashlight. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	SPARROW IN THE CAN 2005 One of the service buildings at Byron Hot Springs Hotel, Byron California. Canon 20D, night, 2 minute exposure, full moon, green and red-gelled strobe flash and red-gelled flashlight on the bird. I can't believe he didn't move.

	STINKY SINK 2007 Near Building 4900, the industrial section of decommissioned Fort Ord Army Base near Monterey, California. Canon 20D, night, full moon, green and red-gelled flashlight. See more images from Fort Ord.

	SECOND FLOOR LANDING 2007 The abandoned Beaux Arts Bethlehem Steel offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, completely dark room, blue and red-gelled strobe flash. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	IN AND OUT 2005 At the Hercules Powder Works, Hercules, CA, a 19th century dynamite factory. Closed in 1977, torn down and subdivided in 2006. Night, full moon, 100VS film, 3 minute exposure red-gelled flashlight, purple and green-gelled strobe flash.

	GREEN STAIRWELL WINDOW 2005 Second floor landing details in the Byron Hot Springs Hotel, Byron California. Built in the 1930s, used for POW interrogations during WWII. Canon 20D, night, 2 minute exposure, full moon, green gelled strobe flash.

	FLAT FILES 2007 The Bethlehem Steel shipyard offices in San Francisco, CA. Canon 20D. Night, mostly dark room, flashlight, sodium vapor streetlights. See more images from the Bethlehem Building.

	FRUITVALE PLANS 2005 Original 1950 vellum in the blueprint room at the long abandoned Oakland, CA Southern Pacific Station. Night,completely dark room, flashlight. Canon 20D. See more images from The Station.

	ELECTRICAL PANEL 2006 At Skaggs Island Naval base. Night, full moon, turquoise and pink-gelled strobe flash, natural flashlight. Canon 20D. Composite of 2 exposures. More Skaggs Island images here.

	THE COMMANDERS HOUSE 2006 At Skaggs Island Naval base. Night, full moon, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. More Skaggs Island images here.