Dormitories

Trees by the beautiful Nurse’s Cottage above and behind the Kirkbride. One side looks out over farmland while the other faces the back of the hospital grounds. As of 2014, the city is allowing artists to rent spaces inside.

A wide view of the poor house. Look at the smokestack and elevator shaft, which show the former roofline.

No matter what environmental disasters industry throws at Mother Earth, she will bounce back.

My first picture at Nopeming, sometime around 2004. The same year that the county stopped mowing the lawn.

The back of the castle is barely visible through the trees that have grown thick around the walls, making it look so much older.

San Luis may not be a ghost town, but it’s aspiring by all indications. Luckily, it’s close enough to Cuba, NM to hang onto life, unlike the other ghost towns down the road.

Beds line a basement room that is part way between the concepts of inside and outside. Boards and bricks were falling while I was photographing it—stay out.

I am not sure what this structure is, but it seems to be put together like a gold mill. It existed in 1952, and seems to be from about that period.

My first view of the tunnel was in the dead of winter. In spite of being in the middle of the forest, it was totally silent. Mamiya GA645 / Kodak Pro 400