"Negative Space" Prints Now Available

Some of the images displayed at the opening of Negative Space in May.


Following a successful gallery run this summer, I am now offering prints from my traveling show, Negative Space, for sale on the Kingston Lounge. In all, 30 limited edition prints, as well as 6 uniquely framed prints from North Brother Island, are currently available, and these as well as other images are available in unlimited editions at 8"x12" for $95. The limited editions are offered at a set size and will never be printed at sizes above 8"x12" again. Each photograph is a signed and numbered archival-quality C-print on Kodak Endura paper. Please email me at kingston.lounge@gmail.com if interested in purchasing one.


20"x30" Prints


Patient bed in fire-damaged ward
Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY 2008
Edition of 5



Hospital room with private bathroom
Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 2009
Edition of 5



Chair in patient bedroom, shot by moonlight
Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, MA 2006
Edition of 5



View through window in door of seclusion room
Middletown State Hospital, Middletown, NY 2007
Edition of 5



16"x24" Prints


Peeling paint in fire-damaged ward
Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY 2008
Edition of 10



Overgrown security window in patient bedroom
Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, GA 2008
Edition of 10



Attic of administrative wing of Babcock Building
South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, SC 2008
Edition of 10



Ice stalagmites under clinic building
Greystone Park State Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ 2007
Edition of 10



Easy chairs and patient art
Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, NY 2008
Edition of 10



Patient bowling alley
Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, NY 2007
Edition of 10



View from mezzanine level
Loew's Kings Wonder Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 2010
Edition of 10



Mezzanine aisle leading to lobby
Loew's Kings Wonder Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 2010
Edition of 10



Lounge area
Hotel Columbia, Sharon Springs, NY 2010
Edition of 10



Grand stairwell
Empire Hotel, Sharon Springs, NY 2010
Edition of 10



Tea room
Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY 2010
Edition of 10



Blue door
Central State Hospital, Milledgevile, GA 2008
Edition of 10



Sink in collapsing bathroom
Central State Hospital, Milledgevile, GA 2008
Edition of 10



Patient dormitory in main building during winter
Greystone Park State Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ 2009
Edition of 10



Morgue
Quarantine Hospital, Ellis Island, NY 2008
Edition of 10



Statue of Liberty as seen from measles ward
Quarantine Hospital, Ellis Island, NY 2008
Edition of 10



12"x18" Prints


Top of grand stairwell at first light
Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 2008
Edition of 20



Patient dormitory at sundown
Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY 2008
Edition of 15



Connector hallway between ward pavilions
Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY 2008
Edition of 15



Arch in main building
Greystone Park State Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ 2009
Edition of 15



Corridor in ward for violent patients
Greystone Park State Hospital, Morris Plains, NJ 2009
Edition of 15



Dormitory in asylum for women
Pavilion building, Hart Island, NY 2008
Edition of 15



Southern staircase
Admirals' Row, Quarters B, Brooklyn, NY 2008
Edition of 15



View of hallway and patient bathroom
Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, GA 2008
Edition of 15



Cast iron staircase
Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY 2008
Edition of 15



Patient bedroom with red curtain
Athens State Hospital, Athens, OH 2008
Edition of 15



North Brother Island Prints


Prints from North Brother Island in unique artifact frames.


In 2008 I salvaged six oxidized copper X-ray holders dating to the late 1930s from the tuberculosis pavilion on North Brother Island. These unique artifacts, utilized in the operatory and exam areas of the hospital, were transformed by an expert woodworker into shadowbox frames designed to hold 11"x14" prints. The frames and prints contained within are museum quality, and completely archival. UV-protective plexiglass is used as glazing for the pieces, and the wood of the frames is lined with aluminum tape, preventing any acid leakage. The prints are archival C-prints on Kodak Endura paper, hinge-mounted with gummed linen tape onto acid-free foamcore. An acid-free white mat finishes the piece, and each frame is backed with acid-free paper and galvanized hardware. Six images from the island were chosen to fill the frames, and each is being offered as a one-of-a-kind piece.



Front facade, tuberculosis pavilion 2008
Available



Spiral staircase, nurses' residence 2008
Sold



Scale between coal house and physical plant 2009
Sold



Two-story boilers in physical plant 2010
Available



Hallway in services building 2010
Available



Basketball court in services building 2010
Available

Inquiries can be made by sending me an email at kingston.lounge@gmail.com.

The Hotel Columbia, Sharon Springs, NY

The first floor lounge of the Hotel Columbia.

A short walk from the Hotel Adler, its sister building in Sharon Springs, NY, stands the Hotel Columbia. Like the Adler, the Columbia primarily catered to New York City's Jewish population following the second World War. After the decline of the Borscht Belt region, much of the town catered in particular to Orthadox and Hasidic Jews; the Columbia was one of several hotels that did so, adapting all kitchen facilities to follow Kosher law, and removing the televisions from the establishment.

Unlike the Adler, the Columbia was primarily a long-term hotel; rooms were rented by the week (at an average of $140 per in 1977). Except for the tiny economy rooms on the top floor, every room came with a kitchen across the hall; guests of the hotel would be given keys to both. There was some light evening entertainment offered at the Columbia; noted Ukrainian dance musician Michael Skorr performed there for 18 consecutive summers. However, many guests would opt to head over to the Adler for the more elaborate comedy shows and vaudeville acts featured over there. Like the Adler, the Columbia shuttered its doors after the 2004 season; its fate remains in the air.


The main lobby & check-in area.


A typically narrow hallway within the building.


A standard two-bed room. The kitchen which accompanied this room is located across the hallway.


Each kitchen had two sink basins - one for meat and one for dairy, in keeping with Kosher law.


A detail of one of the kitchens.


The third story landing.


The end of one wing of the Columbia is sustaining significant water damage; a carpet of moss has grown in this third floor room.


The water damage has caused a partial ceiling collapse in this second-floor room, revealing rotting joists.


Like the Adler, many rooms in the Columbia had tacky wallpaper that must have looked dated by the 1970s, even though the hotel ran for decades after.


Most bathrooms did not include bathing facilities; there were communal baths in the center wing of the hotel.


Plenty of artifacts, like these blankets, remain, slowly moldering in this beautiful old building.