Stove and Cabinet Bodie Ghost Town
by Roger Passman
Title
Stove and Cabinet Bodie Ghost Town
Artist
Roger Passman
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Prints/limited Edition Prints/licensing
Description
Left much as it was when the town was finally abandoned, this Franklin cast iron stove and cabinet are themselves in a state of arrested decay. While I would give my eye teeth for that beautiful oak cabinet, the best I could hope for is this image, a whisper of that which once was. I chose to photograph this image in vertical to match the nearly straight stovepipe and the tall lines of the cabinet. I also chose to convert the image to black and white and add a vignette to create the enigma of fantasy the is any photograph but especially attenuated in the monochrome image.
Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named for Waterman S. Body (William Bodey), who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono Lake. In 1875, a mine cave-in revealed pay dirt, which led to purchase of the mine by the Standard Company in 1877. People flocked to Bodie and transformed it from a town of a few dozen to a boomtown.
Only a small part of the town survives, preserved in a state of "arrested decay." Interiors remain as they were left and stocked with goods. Designated as a National Historic Site and a State Historic Park in 1962, the remains of Bodie are being preserved in a state of "arrested decay". Today this once thriving mining camp is visited by tourists, howling winds and an occasional ghost.
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A limited edition of 25 prints signed and numbered by the photographer are available directly from my studio. Sizes equivalent to any of the sizes offered as a print by demand through this online gallery are offered in this limited edition. These prints are only available directly from our studio gallery. Prints are delivered by US Mail rolled in a tube. For more information please contact me using the SEND PRIVATE MESSAGE option in the left sidebar of most of our online gallery pages.
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July 27th, 2016
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