A Titan II ICBM missile on display at the Titan II ICBM Site 571-7 in Arizona.
The Titan II ICBM missile was double the payload of a Titan I ICBM and was designed to hit a target over 9,000 miles away. The Titan II was in use for 39 years and fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base up until 2003.
The HMCS Calgary, a 440ft Halifax-class frigate, has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1995.
(This image was taken during the ship's visit to San Francisco during Fleet Week 2015.)
(Dark interior. 60 second exposure lit with primarily LED panels.)
Many feet below the surface staring at the blast lock doors inside a Titan I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile site in California.
Blast Doors inside the 851-C Beale Titan I Missile Complex in California.
Shooting in this pitch dark facility was challenging as I had to create my own lighting for each photograph. This image was lit with an LED panel and multiple flashlights.
Building 253 at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard was constructed between 1944 and 1947. It's 6 stories tall, contains a large gantry crane that was used to lift equipment into the top floor of the building.
Maintenance for periscopes and range finders for military ships was done in this building. It was also an electrical shop, used for Radiography Instrument Calibration as well as a gauge shop.
(From the archives, 2006)
Building 253, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard
When I began taking photos of abandoned locations eight years ago, I always assumed there'd be a return visit to these sites and my friends and I would always talk about "the next time." But over the years, I have learned that each visit should be treated as the last because these relics can wind up inaccessible or demolished very quickly.
This photo was taken during my first visit to a beautiful glass building, a machine shop, at the former Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco back in 2006. I made a few visits over the next two years, but when the site became much more difficult to access, I never made it back to this building.
Administration Building at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, constructed in 1870.A
Photographing these planes was amazing, but walking amongst the giant metal parts of these bombers beneath the moonlight was even more incredible. I would love to experience that moment over and over again...
(Pitch dark room. Lit with a combination of LED panels and strobe. 1.5 minutes. ISO 200. f/13.)
Tunnel Junction for launch silo No. 3 at the Beale 851-C Titan I Missile Base.
Blast doors for Launch Silo No.3 - Beale 851-C Titan I Missile Base
To me, these types of images are really fun to create. This space was pitch dark, so to get this shot, I set up an LED panel at the camera, shining towards the blast doors to get a composition. Once the framing was set, I took a LED panel and placed it beneath the walkway on the right. I also placed a panel behind the ajar door. Lastly, during the exposure, I light painted the circular section of the tunnel, near the camera, with a flashlight.
Night, full moon. Canon Mark III + 24-70 f/2.8L. 4 minutes. ISO 200. f/11. Processed with VSCO presets for Lightroom.
This B-58A was a test aircraft for a missile fire control system.
This tunnel, leading away from the launch silos, leads towards the antenna terminals for the Titan I ICBM base. At the end of the junction are two 65 foot tall cylindrical structures that once contained the inflatable radome, responsible for tracking and guidance, for the underground site.
Tunnel Junction II leading from the power house into the exhaust and fuel storage of the Beale 851-C Titan I ICBM Missile silo in Chico, California.
Basement room full of manuals, receipts, blueprints and old documents left behind inside the former Administration Building at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Light seeps into Level III, the 'Launch and Checkout Room,' of the equipment terminal at the Beale 851-C Titan I Missile Base.
The equipment terminal contained 4 floors, accessed by personnel elevators and ladders connecting the levels. The walls were 18" thick and suspended in such a way that they would not be damaged if there was an explosion in the nearby silo.
