Steel Mill Control Room Print

Various sizes available on request. Abandoned buildings are time capsules offering glimpses of history, artifacts, and insights to private worlds, along with gorgeous textures, colours, shapes, and dramatic lighting. My hope is that viewers are drawn in by the image, to wonder about the story behind it, and think about the history of industry in our culture and in our world. This is the control room of an abandoned steel mill in North America. It once was the largest steel mill in the world. It closed in the early 1980s when it could no longer compete with foreign steel mills and domestic automated mini-mills. I can imagine an engineer sitting in that chair with a coffee. Photography has been a passion of mine since age 7 when a neighbour gave me an old Brownie pinhole camera. I continue to love the magic and beauty of the world seen through a lens. I aim to capture the atmosphere, feelings, and beauty of a place in a way that is both realistic and personal – being a true record of the place yet full of feeling and atmosphere.