Soul Control 02.11.2009

I was lucky enough to play with Soul Control last Wednesday in a basement in New Brunswick.  They played a great set which ended off with a cover of Inside Out's "No Spiritual Surrender".  Rory is a wonderful guy and an incredible frontman.  It was a treat photographing this band!

Here are a few pictures from their set. 

The full set can be viewed HERE

  

Boyce Thompson Institute 01.12.09

I figured I would start off my blog with one of my favorite places to shoot. The Boyce Thompson Institute is located in Yonkers NY. It was a plant research facility that remained active until 1977, when the Institute moved to Ithaca. The building and the greenhouses are severely vandalized with poorly done graffiti and broken beer bottles. There is some incredible available light inside which always makes dreary places look really interesting. I don't know why I'm drawn to being in there for hours when it's freezing cold out, but there's just something about this place in the wintertime that keeps me going back.


Below are some pictures from my latest trip to Boyce Thompson in January of 2009.










A collection of my photos from the Boyce Thompson Institute can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa52/sets/72157594268755418/