The Salt Lake County jail was a record of failure & anguish. The record is in the walls.
The jail is now gone & I was able to document some of it before the demolition crews did their job.
Very well done. There is a perfect amount of detail in both the highlights and shadows. It's nice to see an 8x10 used for something otehr than landscapes. The only thing that bothers me is that it seems to be tilted a bit (lines sloping to the right).
A lot of the old "traditional" looking jails are disappearing (a good thing for Corrections, I'll bet). Getting inside one before its torn down is a great opportunity for making some interesting phots, like this one.
Yes, it does appear to be tilting, doesn't it? The jail was not straight. Drove me nuts in photographing it. All those metal bars & metal walls & concrete floors with heavy metal reinforcement & they built the place crooked. I would straighten the back & use a level & step back & look & it just wasn't straight. So, I live with it.
Lighting is 40 watt lamps and makes for long exposures.
very nice photograph. indeed old jails gives the oportunity for great images. you might like to check this photographers job on an abandoned mexican jail. it was done in medium format (mamiya6) and color negative. amazing.:
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just click on the second black diamond below his name.