Lake Alice

Lake Alice, Rangitikei, NZ, Nov 2011: Lake Alice Hospital was a notorious rural psychiatric facility that operated from 1950 up untill it’s closure in the late 1990’s… It was self-sufficient with its own farm, bakery, glass houses and vegetable gardens . It could accomodate up to 900 people in various buildings spread over it’s 56 […]

Slavonia

East Slavonia, Croatia, 2002: On the road to Vukovar, the most devastated city in Europe since World War II. The Balkan’s version of Stalingrad. I was just about to end up in a rather difficult situation… See what happened next… Olympus XA2

Ex Education

Erskine College, Wellington, NZ, Oct 2011: The Convent of the Sacred Heart- or Sacré Coeur- was a Catholic girls boarding school built in 1905/06. From the late 60’s it was known as Erskine College– until it’s fateful closure in 1985.Today only the main building and chapel are in good order. My mother went […]

Quarantine

The former Fever/Chest Hospital, Wellington, October 2011: The Fever Hospital was built by the Wellington Hospital Board in 1919 for the treatment of infectious diseases. In the 1940’s tuberculosis broke out so the hospital primarily focused it’s treatment on TB patients. I found out in discussions with my father,that my great Aunt Patricia spent some […]

Skopje

Skopje, Macedonia, 2002: Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC. Under the Roman’s it was known as Scupi, the Ottoman Turks called it Üsküp during their five hundred year occupation…At the conclusion of the Second World War, Skopje became the capital of the Socialist Federal Republic of Macedonia. The city developed rapidly but […]

Bad Education

Petone, Wellington NZ, Sept 2011: The former Petone College has been abandoned since 1998. It’s an eyesore that has to be seen, to be believed… A full scale high-school- graffitied and decaying, with no hope of redemption… Canon 30D/18-55is

Moser

Prague, Czech Republic, 2005: A contrasting shot in the old town… Local boys make first contact with an African street cleaner- the Moser Gallery and an interested onlooker in the background… Canon EOS 1N/28-135is

Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria, 2005: A farmer walks his cows past the imposing walls of the 1000 year old Krak des Chevaliers. The castle, originally built in 1031 for the emir of Aleppo, became one of the most strategic fortresses of the Crusades by controlling the road to the Mediterranean. In 2006 Krak des Chevaliers […]

Fire!

Wellington, New Zealand, today: Yesterday it was hail– today fire. The massive blaze broke out in a century old villa and brought the central city to a standstill. The building was abandoned and no one was injured, but the fire is being investigated and arson has not been ruled out. Canon SX30is