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In 1997, author Christopher Payne was introduced to the substations by an official of the New York City Transit Authority's Power Department. He then rushed to photograph, draw, and write the history of these buildings and their machines before they are completely gone. He has developed an intimate knowledge of the buildings that most people don't recognize in their own(...)
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In 1997, author Christopher Payne was introduced to the substations by an official of the New York City Transit Authority's Power Department. He then rushed to photograph, draw, and write the history of these buildings and their machines before they are completely gone. He has developed an intimate knowledge of the buildings that most people don't recognize in their own(...)
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New York's forgotten substations : the power behind the subway
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In 1997, author Christopher Payne was introduced to the substations by an official of the New York City Transit Authority's Power Department. He then rushed to photograph, draw, and write the history of these buildings and their machines before they are completely gone. He has developed an intimate knowledge of the buildings that most people don't recognize in their own neighborhood.
New York's forgotten substations : the power behind the subway
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In 1997, author Christopher Payne was introduced to the substations by an official of the New York City Transit Authority's Power Department. He then rushed to photograph, draw, and write the history of these buildings and their machines before they are completely gone. He has developed an intimate knowledge of the buildings that most people don't recognize in their own neighborhood.
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October 2002, New York
October 2002, New York
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years(...)
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For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years(...)
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Asylum, inside the closed world of state mental hospitals
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For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of state mental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states.
Asylum, inside the closed world of state mental hospitals
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For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were a prominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout the United States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of state mental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states.
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September 2009
September 2009
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
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Photographer Christopher Payne was granted permission by New York City's Parks & Recreation Department to photograph the island over a period of years. The results are both beautiful and startling. On North Brother Island, devoid of human habitation for fifty years, buildings great and small are being consumed by the unchecked growth of vegetation. In just a few decades,(...)
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Photographer Christopher Payne was granted permission by New York City's Parks & Recreation Department to photograph the island over a period of years. The results are both beautiful and startling. On North Brother Island, devoid of human habitation for fifty years, buildings great and small are being consumed by the unchecked growth of vegetation. In just a few decades,(...)
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Christopher Payne: North Brother island - The last unknown place in New York city
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Photographer Christopher Payne was granted permission by New York City's Parks & Recreation Department to photograph the island over a period of years. The results are both beautiful and startling. On North Brother Island, devoid of human habitation for fifty years, buildings great and small are being consumed by the unchecked growth of vegetation. In just a few decades, a forest has sprung up where once there were the streets and manicured lawns of a hospital campus. North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City includes a history by University of Pennsylvania preservationist Randall Mason, who has studied the island extensively, and an essay by the writer Robert Sullivan (Rats, The Meadowlands), who came along on one of the rare expéditions.
Christopher Payne: North Brother island - The last unknown place in New York city
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Photographer Christopher Payne was granted permission by New York City's Parks & Recreation Department to photograph the island over a period of years. The results are both beautiful and startling. On North Brother Island, devoid of human habitation for fifty years, buildings great and small are being consumed by the unchecked growth of vegetation. In just a few decades, a forest has sprung up where once there were the streets and manicured lawns of a hospital campus. North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City includes a history by University of Pennsylvania preservationist Randall Mason, who has studied the island extensively, and an essay by the writer Robert Sullivan (Rats, The Meadowlands), who came along on one of the rare expéditions.
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May 2014
May 2014
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
