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Next up is an Urban Landscape ...
Photographed in Paterson New Jersey.
Paterson was once a thriving community, 1st home of Colt Firearms, 1st practical working submarine, home to Lou Costello.
It thrived on the Silk Industry industry.
It has suffered some hard times but is now in the process of rebuilding.
This photo was taken near the Great Falls in the downtown section of town.
There is a homeless population like most every other blue collar town.
Shortly afterwards, this corner building burned to the ground.

"Fallout Shelter"
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A more scenic photo this time.
This was taken early morning at the Nubble Lighthouse in lower Maine.
I was told that Nubble is the most photographed Lighthouse in the US.
There is a cove just off camera to the right where Scuba Divers frequent.

It looked good in Color but even better in B+W.

I travel there a few times each year to catch the fresh air and enjoy interacting with the scenery.

"Spearhead Point and Schooner"
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Back to interesting faces ...
New York has a never ending supply!
This was taken some years ago in the days of film...
Scanned the image and enhanced that 'grainy' look of yesteryears high speed film.
This is Charles Eastwyk - I think he may have stayed in the ring one round too long
He was a nice enough fellow and liked to share his experiences.

"Charles Eastwyk : Retired Boxer"
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Here is a small stairway along the shores of Maine ...
Originally shot with an Infra Red converted camera.
I did some hand coloring with texture overlays in Photoshop to achieve this eerie effect.

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Located in the heart of Philadelphia is the now almost derelect Eastern State Penitentiary which dates back to the early 1800's.
There are sections of it that have been semi restored and is now open to the public.
Al Capone is one of it's more famous inmates - and he had a 'luxury suite'.
He imported his own furniture and decorated the cell lavishly.
The 'Penitentiary' was quite unlike the prisons of today.
Prisoners were not permitted to talk or interact with each other.
The going philosophy of the time was to keep one isolated in order to allow him 'penitent' time to reflect on his wrong doings and 'repent'
The Barber Shop is one of the attractions.
The walls are crumbling and covered with growth.
The only light is from the overhead skylight, and the room is incredibly dark and dreary.
There is only a small doorway that is blocked off by a rail so that you can't really get in and walk around.
I shot this [tripod] in HDR in 3 sections then stitched them together to form a panaroma view of the room.

"Eastern State Penitentiary : Barber Shop"
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Here is another throw back from my days of film photography.
I liked walking the streets of NYC even back then.
This was also scanned from a film transparency - Kodachrome 64 was my favorite choice of film
You could push it to ASA [ISO] 80 - and that was FAST
Needless to say that you had to be rock solid hand holding the camera even in open shade.
Shot most likely with a Nikon F2Sb and a 105mm f2.5 wide open.
I don't remember too much of this guy except that he was certainly flamboyant.
Did a bunch of work in Photoshop on this one.

"Blue Blade"
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This is one of my favorites ...
Shot with an InfraRed converted digital camera, I then 'antiqued' the look in Photoshop
It tells a subtle but powerful story.
I've gotten different reactions and opinions from different people as to what meaning this has for them.

"Younger than Wisdom : Older than Youth"
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