11x14” photograph of the Bear Mountain Bridge on a 12x23” piece of driftwood from the Hudson River.
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The tomb of General Egbert Ludovicus Viele and his wife Juliette in the West Point Cemetery.
He was a civil engineer and United States Representative from New York from 1885–1887, as well as an officer in the Union during the Civil War.
He also served in the Mexican-American War.
He was a President of the Aztec Club of 1847. A club which both Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee belonged since the men all fought together in the Mexican-American War. Viele also surveyed the land that would become Central Park and submitted a design proposal for which he would win a competition that would lead him to become appointed engineer-in-chief of Central Park in 1856, and engineer of Prospect Park, Brooklyn in 1860.
A map that Viele made of NYC is still used today by engineers when planning to build in the city.
Given that in the late 1800s it was not uncommon for people to be buried alive by accident, Viele insisted that a doorbell be installed in his tomb should he wake up in his coffin.
The doorbell was wired to go off in the house of the Superintendent of West Point. The buzzer became a traditional prank pulled amongst cadets. Cadets would sneak into the graveyard and ring Viele’s doorbell, which would alarm the groundskeeper and Superintendent enough to eventually disable the buzzer. Two sphinxes guard the entrance to his tomb.
Viele died on April 22, 1902.
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4x4” on driftwood
Night Paddock on gnarly driftwood
I’m stoked to announce that I’ve been invited to hang my long exposure work at the Stray Cat Gallery in Bethel, NY. I’ll be taking part in a two person show alongside the photographer Michael Bloom. Opening night is June 21.
Pictured here is a 5x7 image of the landfill my family turned into a horse graveyard. Beneath that is a 12 x 12 print of a horse paddock at night that I’m gearing up to make. These images were some of my first successful attempts at taking long exposure shots. I’m thrilled to hang some of my newer and older pieces in Bethel this summer!
Here is the 60 second exposure of a corner of the night sky on some sweet driftwood from the Hudson River. I’m stoked on this piece. I never thought I’d be so thankful for weathered nails.
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I recently finished mounting this photo onto some driftwood. I liked how it came out a lot. So much so that I’m going to make another tonight.
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11 x 14” skull on driftwood
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The Horse of a Poet, Central Park, NYC
