Wood Chips
I got a sneak peak at a mill in Lawrence that I hope to see more of soon. Two thirds of the building are either completely renovated or currently under construction. The remaining third is … well … pretty raw. But not as raw as I expected. The floor I was treated to appeared to …
The Breakout
Back in December I went on a shoot with Steve Perlmutter and Mike Tully to Cape Ann, here in Massachusetts. Our first stop was Annisquam Lighthouse in Rockport for a dawn shoot. Our second stop, and the main reason for the excursion, was the abandoned Cape Ann Tool Company in Rockport, Massachusetts. We killed about three hours …
Pemberton View
I warned told you yesterday that I converted almost everything I shot at the Duck Mill to B&W, so here is the second shot from the series. The Duck Mill stands next to the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, MA. The Duck’s history pales to that of the Pemberton Mill, seen out the window. The Pemberton mill …
The Ascent
This is from a building in Lawrence that I originally shot with Brian Matiash back in 2010. Or 2011. Can’t remember. Anyway, it was a productive day shooting a great location for both of us. That day, I grabbed a shot of this stairway from about the same angle. Looking at it on my camera’s LCD …
The other Toy Story
There has to be a story to spin around these discarded toys in the Everett Mill. Toys that were left in the technological dust of hyper fast video games and computerized learning gadgets. Toys that didn’t grow with their original owners. Or were replaced by a puppy. I looked in the box for Woody, Buzz and …
Cape Ann Tool Company
Steve Perlmutter, Mike Tully and I spent almost three hours shooting what was the Cape Ann Tool Company on Sunday. It is a sprawling facility dominated by a warehouse and/or production area comprised of mostly open space with some interesting nooks and crannies, graffiti and a stairway or two. But the prize is this power …
Product
I won’t pretend that I know what the company makes – or made. But it has something to do with fine wire combs used in the fabric industry. The wire bristles are somehow embedded in the thick canvas fabric, like the coil in this shot. Or something like that. Related Images:
Pacific Spiral
Something a little different from me today. A mill image with a texture overlay. Originally, I wasn’t sure how I would use the texture when I shot it at the Everett Mill. But after processing the spiral image from the Pacific Mill, shot earlier the same day, I thought it needed a kick. A textile …
Notice Keep Clean The Hydrant
Another shot from an epic day of shooting the mills with Dave Wilson. This shot is a testament to returning to a favorite, familiar location to shoot. I’ve been to the Pacific Mill dozens of times under different conditions, different times of day, yet it is never quite the same. Take this hydrant, for example. …
Ione’s Green House
This is probably my last post for a while so I wanted to go out strong. Here are a couple of images from the Green House (for lack of a better name) in Ione. It was another fascinating tour around and through one of Ione’s many ghost houses. A house that is very weak and …