photo credit: Mike Piersa
All photographs are shot on film, either 6x6 negative or 4x5 for archival purposes.
Many of the environments presented on this site are hazardous, and were only entered on the basis of extensive experience and planning — they should not be trifled with.
A word about abandoned mines:
These are some of the most dangerous environments you can enter. Never access an abandoned mine of any sort without the proper training, people, equipment, and procedures in place. Mines were not designed to last for centuries, yet many were built centuries ago leaving perilous conditions behind. Unstable rock, old rotted timber supports and ladders, unexpected drops (winzes), sudden roof collapses, invisible (flammable) gases, rattlesnakes and being buried alive are very real possibilities among many others.
Deadly flammable gasses and black damp are of special concern in coal mines, in addition to the formidable dangers listed above. Barometric changes above ground can cause the airflow underground to change, moving bad air into the area you are, or were; making escape impossible.
STAY OUT AND STAY ALIVE.
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