First Cease and Desist Order of My Career
Many times people ask me how I feel about the work that I do, given that so many times I have to bend over backwards to get permission to shoot the places I do. Generally I just say it’s well worth it to document buildings that someday will be gone and mostly forgotten.
Ok kids here’s the Public Service Announcement of the day: Adhere to your state’s trespassing laws. Especially if you plan …
PUBLISHED MY FIRST BOOK!
It has taken me three years of back breaking research and massive photo trips but my book, Behind the Walls: Shadows of New England’s Asylums is finally published and up for sale! Please visit my website and order a copy. It’s 90 pages of information, interviews, and photos of some of the most beautiful asylums and state schools in New England, places that are dying out quicker than ever here i…
OVER 100!
Two of my favorite asylum photos have now, thanks to all of you, reached over 100 views. “Green Room Redux” and “Snow Bed” are now over 100. Thank you so much!!!
LINKS
I’ve taken this opportunity to humbly promote myself as much as humanly possible here on RedBubble. Now linked on my profile overview are my photo blog which I maintain on my own, PolarityPhoto of which I am co-owner, EatingThePaste which is just a mess of hilarity which ensues in the course of a day in my life, and a link to all of the pointless drivel for which I miraculously get paid to writ…
Portfolio Housecleaning
Just so you all know, I thinned out my portfolio substantially today to get rid of some of my older work that I just didn’t feel really represented my best work. If there is anything you saw and loved that I’ve removed, you can most likely see it at www.katebroderickphotography.com or www.polarityphoto.com.
Article Published on Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/970694/fighting_for_preservation_worcester.html?cat=72
A quick article about the demolition of Worcester State Hospital to make way for a new facility. Every click counts (towards a paycheck for me) and I included photos with the article and thought you all might get a kick out of it! Enjoy!
NEW PHOTO BLOG
If you have ever wanted more of the history behind some of my photographs, visit my new photo blog. Each photo is accompanied with the history of the shot as well as personal comments about when, how, and why the shot was taken. And please COMMENT and let me know what you think, even to the tiniest detail. It will help me make the blog more fun, more interesting, and more viewer friendly! Thank…
My Bubble, My Ass
I know the last few entries I’ve posted have been relatively intelligent musings on art and such, but since I can’t access my regular blog from work (and in consideration of the fact that my brain seems to have liquefied) I fear I’m going to have to subject you all to what is running through my head right now. Which is…
Absolutely nothing. Because I’m sitting in my office on my second to l…
Demolition Through Ignorance
A common term amongst those of us who explore is “demolition through neglect”- a concept which refers to the destruction of buildings through time as nature reclaims what once belonged to the earth. However, today I photographed the purposeful demolition of the first publicly funded insane asylum in the nation. Like I said in the caption of “To Be Demolished”, it was like seeing an old friend …
Beautiful Anxiety
It finally stopped raining, yet somehow it’s still not spring out there. I haven’t picked up my camera since last Saturday when I returned to the old Nichewaug Inn to pay what may be my last visit to one of the most poignant abandonments I have ever photographed. When you come upon a place that hasn’t been touched since 1972 there’s an eerie feeling inside like time has stopped and you, your fu…