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 […]

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

Shroom

Petone, NZ, June 2011: Olympus OM10/Zuiko 50 1.8

Fortlight

Wellington, NZ, lastnight: Fort Buckley was one of five forts constructed in 1885 around Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour) to protect the capital from the threat of the expanding Russian Empire. Wellington had no defences at all, yet had the national gold reserve in the vaults of the Bank Of New Zealand. Check out Darkhalide for […]

Open – Closed

Whanganui, New Zealand, August 2011: Canon EOS 30D/18-55is

Atem

Brussels, Belgium, 2004: The inner sanctum of the “Atomium”- see earlier post. It still had that futuristic/utopian look- albeit the worse for wear in 2004. Later I discovered it had been closed and renovated in 2005, and now looks all flash. Canon EOS A2E/28-105

Demi

Wellington, New Zealand, 2010: Pigeons are part of the bird family Columbidae. They are an incredibly adaptable bird, having now colonised most parts of the world. They are also considered a plague in many cities- “rat’s with wings” being a common description. The “half-frame camera” emerged from Japan in the 1960s. It allowed for a […]

Isoly

Petone, NZ, 2009: Before the Holga, and even the Diana, was the “Isoly”… The Agfa Isoly was an inexpensive and simple plastic camera made by Agfa in the 1960’s. Shooting 12 frames (4″/4″)on 120 film, it’s plastic lens produces dreamy, pastoral, & slightly out of focus images. It is generally agreed that the Hong Kong […]

Gate

Burdans Gate, Pencarrow, Wellington, 2011: An experiment shooting with a Kiev-4m/Jupiter8 on bulb with cable release, on a Cullmann Magnesit Copter mini-tripod, plus holding an ND8 filter in front of the lens… Exposure time approx 3-5 seconds… Kiev-4m/Jupiter-8/Delta-400/LC-29