As luck would have it, I was fortunate enough to have access to the Westholm as shot in one of my first posts. This beautiful old hotel was once a four seasons motor lodge and has stood empty since the early 90’s. Most of the rooms are fairly intact; however part of the building is crumbling due to now maintenance and water damage. These are some portraits taken within the hotel.
A series of photos made into a 2017 12 month living calendar for Catland Books a store for witchcraft supplies and the occult in Bushwick Brooklyn. These calendars can be purchased here for $25 http://www.catlandbooks.com All single prints can be purchased through me by emailing me. Prints are $20.
During the last year, i have been travelling from Brooklyn NY to Upstate NY almost every month. The architecture of the old hotels and mansions is incredible, but unfortunately due to a severely depressed economy many of the most extravagant buildings have been abandoned.
“I am the soundless, boundless, bitter sea; All things in the end shall come to me.”
Dion Fortune: The Sea Priestess
Ok, confession time. Many people don’t know this about me, actually, I’ll say only my closest friends do; I am absolutely terrified of the ocean. it is a debilitating fear, sweaty palms, heavy breathing, absolute feeling of chaos. The idea of being surrounded by such vastness is my ultimate fear. The feeling of not know whats underneath you, and to the side of you, gives me shortness of breath. When i was a child; I dreamed in black and white. I had a re-occurring nightmare of swimming through the ocean surrounded my grey water and absolute silence; absolute calm, then, I see a wall of black in front of my, a swaying tangle of slippery, wet seaweed. Huge pillars of vegetation so tightly bound it looks almost impenetrable. I am pulled towards it regardless of my movements. Before i know it I am entangled so tightly in this house of black plants I start to get pulled to the bottom, and right as all the light began to fade from view, I would wake up covered in sweat. My photography is a way for me to deal with my fears, to turn something I am afraid of into a thing of beauty. I hope you enjoy.
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