For Sale

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Greytown, Wairarapa, NZ, April 2012: The long-derelict former Greytown Hospital is up for sale. Buildings on the historic 1.5 hectare site date back to 1890 and followed the old Florence Nightingale open-ward plan. Most of the asbestos has now been removed and the main building earthquake strengthened. The hospital (which closed in 1995) had originally been planned to get revamped into a function and accomodation complex. The current owners though have now decided to sell-  it could be yours for around 600 grand…   I jumped the fence for a closer look/shoot and out of curiosity tried the front door-  it opened- inviting me in for a look inside…     Panasonic Lumix FH20

The Clinic Pt.1

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Wellington, NZ, March/April 2012: A former nurses home and later a ‘clinic’, this building is just another one of many recently condemned buildings around Wellington for being earthquake prone. No surprises really after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated our South island Capital of Christchurch on February 22nd last year- claiming 185 lives… Canon EOS 30D and Yashica 124G

Two Years

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Ragusa, Sicily, 2004:  I started this website/blog as a half-hearted outlet for all the images I’d accumulated over the past decade or so…  Two years later….. 24,432 hits, 291 posts, 51 categories, 627 tags, 269 comments and 930 images later…..  I’m still going….

So in a celebration of sorts I’m going to do a re-post (re-edit) of the first image published. A sneaky shot of a group of men in the south Sicilian city of Ragusa- who looked (in my imagination) like the local “men of honor” or mafia…  I’d been re-watching “The Godfather” series and the exellent “Sopranos”- and reading many books on the Sicilian mafia (Cosa Nostra)-  in particular Peter Robb’s Midnight in Sicily.  Thanks for dropping by and please stay tuned…