A heavy machine gun on display in Cork City Gaol in August last year.
2011Fri02Dec
Gun Barrel and Ammo Box
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200
2007Sun01Apr
Alcatraz Control Center
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesAlcatraz Control Center The Control Center in Alcatraz. This room is visible to all visitors to the prison and is beautifully preserved. I couldn’t find anything specific about this room but Alcatraz History has a very good site with lots of information about the prison on Alcatraz Island.
2007Sat31Mar
A view on an Alcatraz Street
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, California, Candid, Canon 20D, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 18-200, United StatesA view on an Alcatraz Street Looking through a doorway onto one of the streets of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco. Tourists congregate while listening to the electronic tour guide. I think I should have all my photos of Alcatraz and San Francisco posted before my next trip there in July.
2007Sun04Feb
Alcatraz Staircase
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, Automattic, Black and White, California, Candid, Canon 20D, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, United States, WaterAlcatraz Staircase A lonely staircase on Alcatraz is off-limtis to tourists but not to the eye of my camera.
2007Thu01Feb
Alcatraz Tower and Prison
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, Automattic, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesAlcatraz Tower and Prison The prison tower and buildings of Alcatraz provide a stark welcome for visitors to the former penitentiary. Despite my close investigation, the tower in this picture was off limits. Pity, because I bet there’d be a great view from up there!
2007Thu25Jan
Alcatraz Cell Painting
Filed in Alcatraz, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesAlcatraz Cell Painting Could these be the paint and artwork of Doc, a character in the film Escape from Alcatraz starring Clint Eastwood? This was only one of a number of cells with personal belongings in them.
2006Fri24Nov
The real prisoners of Alcatraz
Filed in Alcatraz, Architecture, Black and White, California, Candid, Canon 20D, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesThe real prisoners of Alcatraz Prisoners of Alcatraz mill about in a daze. The special headsets they wear are mind controlling devices that cause people to stare listlessly into space. They control the actions of people, causing them to walk around the prison, peering into cells and to gaze at features of the streets. I’ve [...]
2006Thu16Nov
Checking the prisoner
Filed in Alcatraz, Black and White, California, Candid, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesChecking the prisoner “I’m so tired. They’ve had me locked up here for years. I’m in solitary confinement for my sins. I was set up I tell you! It wasn’t me!” A tourist looks in on a cell in Alcatraz in the solitary confinement wing. Luckily I was able to walk out immediately. Not a [...]
2006Tue07Nov
Looking onto Freedom
Filed in Black and White, California, Candid, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesLooking onto Freedom A young woman talks on her mobile phone while looking out a barred window in Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco. Walking through the prison was quite an experience, especially as tourists like myself took photos and listened to the audio tour while wandering. It was easy to imagine how awful incarceration must be [...]
2006Mon30Oct
Watching from Alcatraz
Filed in Architecture, California, Photos, Rocks, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, United States, WaterWatching from Alcatraz A small hut on the island of Alcatraz looks out on San Francisco. It looks well preserved and anyone in the hut would have a god view of the city and probably the surrounding coastline up to the Golden Gate Bridge.
