33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative March
It has been 40 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his Memphis, TN hotel room. As a baptist minister on the forefront of the civil rights movement, Dr. King lead many famous boycotts, marches, and protests through his ideas of "civil disobedience" in order to bring light to the plight of African Americans in the United States. Since his death many advances have come in regards to equality in America, yet many feel that the work of Dr. King and other civil rights workers must not be forgotten. So every year on the anniversary of Dr. Kings birth, Cincinnati citizens gather to march in remembrance of the progress made and to bring light to current issues.
Hayswood Hospital and Parker Tobacco Co. (The trip to Maysville, KY.)
I recently met up with good friends Seicer and Tron2.0 for a trip to historic Maysville, Kentucky. Located just down the Ohio River from Cincinnati. We made our trip at the end of November to this quaint and beautiful river town recovering from Thanksgiving and gearing up for Christmas.
The Ridges: Tuberculosis Ward
"The Ridges" abandoned TB Ward in Athens, Ohio paired with my favorite John Frusciante song at the time.
There's a reason for the 21st Century...
Images made at an abandoned drive-in and rail yard in Eastern Ohio, paired with my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song at the time (because when you're 18 and angsty, you do this apparently).
LeSourdsville Lake/Americana Revisited
No one had ridden the classic "Screechin` Eagle" wooden roller coaster, or any other ride for that matter since 2002. In fact, the park hadn't seen any guests since it closed a week before it was planned to end it's season back in August of 2002, with its Halloween and holiday events also being cancelled. In June of 2007, myself and two other photographers were permitted to enter the park property. A place that once provided so many memories and served as a symbol of the fading era of the "classic" American amusement park, sat quiet and abandoned.