Nocturnal Landscapes is a series of eerie and strangely beautiful landscapes that can emerge when abandoned structures decay without human interaction or habitation. The series also documents the physical decline of the historically significant Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. I shot this series at night, with a Pentax 6×7 medium format camera using expired Fuji 64 Tungsten film over four years from 2017 to 2021. I see these decaying structures as a visual metaphor for the loss, sadness, and longing for a human element that is no longer present. These buildings are now only hollow carcasses of their proud former selves.
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