Seru Largu means large hill and from this large hill in Bonaire you can see the capital city (Kralendijk) and the island of Klein Bonaire. A religious group constructed this monument with the words “Krisu Ayera Awe Semper” which means “Christ, Yesterday, Today and Forever”. Not only do you get a great view from this spot to see the island, but this small monument is pretty cool as well.
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I got some great news today!! The 2nd episode of “Shutter Rush” was released on Amazon Prime. You can search for it by name “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment” or by my name (Brook Ward). The second episode was recorded in mid-March, right before COVID-19 hit the United States and was recorded in Gary Indiana. I was a day late arriving because of COVID work requirements. The guys got a jump start waiting on me. While exploring a ton of abandoned buildings we filmed our experience and took a bunch of photographs.
Big thanks to my Shutter Rush partners Jason Pohuski (@jasonpohuski) and Jake Mysliwczyk (@jakemysliwczykphoto) for all their work on both films. Jason has done the bulk of the editing, while also providing tons of energy, crazy video/photo ideas and continues to drive us on these projects. Jake helps edit while bringing great ideas, creativity and amazing photos (and some piano skills…check that out in the film). I’m the old guy of the group, who is just happy to tag along and I hope I add a little value.
Regardless, I’m proud to be associated with these wonderful partners. I also want to thank Blair Ward (@fordrsfan), Mike Criswell (@mcriswellphoto) and Bob Lussier (@lussierphoto) for joining us on the Gary Indiana trip. Their friendship and contribution to the film is appreciated.
Please check it out on Amazon Prime and enjoy!!
Here is a photo of the altar in the abandoned St. Peter and St. Paul’s Cathedral. This is a national historical landmark, which is why they don’t bulldoze it, which is fine with me. This architectural wonder is super cool.
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This cool looking restaurant and observation deck was on the south side of the Danube River above the bridge in Bratislava, Slovakia. We didn’t go up there, but we should have…. Oh well, next trip.
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I’m sending everyone positive vibes tonight. Regardless of where you are and what you’re doing, I want you to have a great night and day tomorrow. Enjoy this happy photo I took in Bonaire of the harbor. I’d like to spend the season on one of these sailboats. You?
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I hope you had a great weekend. Here is a photo I took last fall from the Smithfield Bridge in downtown Pittsburgh. There are a ton of great bridges in this city, but there is something about this one that is unique, and it keeps drawing me back. In this photo you can see the Fort Pitt Bridge towards the left and the city skyline on the right.
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Here is a photo from our Europe River Cruise last summer. We traveled on the Monarch Princess down the Danbue River. As part of the trip, we stopped in this little Austria village for a visit. Great trip.
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I hope you have a great weekend. We don’t plan to do much, which is going to be a good thing.
Tonight’s photo is from my last trip to San Francisco. I know they get fog all the time, but I felt lucky to experience it while I was there. As you can see, it was just starting to roll into the bay from the Pacific Ocean.
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I hope you’re having a great day. Here is a photo I took 2 years ago of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. I love the look of all that marble.
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I took this photo a couple of years ago on the top floor (mechanical space) of an abandoned factory in Detroit. Thankfully, it rained hard that morning helping me capture this reflection in the rain puddle.
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I’ve been absent from my website and social media the last 10 days. It just didn’t make sense to post my silly photos with everything significant going on in the world. We’re far from any real new or better “normal”, but I’m going to try to get back into my routine of posting photos.
So tonight, I’m sharing a photo from one of the many Naves (this one in the basement) in the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
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Simple photo for you on Sunday, so I’ll keep the comment simple as well. Beautiful Flamingo from the Bonaire national park.
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I took this photo a couple years ago in the abandoned Holy Family Church. This massive church and attached school was a great explore. I went by it a year later and it had signs all over it stating it was going to be destroyed. I’m honestly not sure if they torn it down or now.
By the way, I’m sure there is a technical name for this room off the back of the altar. This room holds all the clothing, gowns, and religious items needed for the priest and the services. I think it would be called a Sacristy or Vestry, but I’m not sure. If you know what this room is called, let me know. I loved the hand made cabinets in this space….
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Look what we found in our yard this week. He/she looked very young…like it was born this week. Anyway, he hung out with us all Wednesday and left that night. Cute little guy/girl!!!!
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I know that others like great graffiti art like I do, but we’re probably in the minority across the population. Of course, everyone hates bad graffiti, basic “tags” or just people tagging any random building, wall, etc... But great graffiti is as good as fine art, just on a larger scale in a public location. So, if you like that type of thing, Detroit’s Eastern Market and Miami’s Wynwood Walls are amazing spots for this. This photo is from the Eastern Market area of Detroit. They host an international graffiti festival every year where they feature some of the world’s best. This specific painting would probably fall into the Pop Culture art category, similar to Peter Max and others who work in this art genre. Sorry I don’t know the name of the artist who completed this painting.
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Tonight, I have a 2017 flashback for you. As a Detroit Lions fan, I loved photographing the Steelers at Ford Field. I got to the game about 7 hours early, just to explore the stadium, and photograph it without any people around. I captured more Lions photos then I did Steelers photos….but that was to be expected. Of all the photos from that day, I’ve always liked this one of Le’Veon Bell flying through the air.
This sculpture in Kiev is part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. This photo doesn’t do the sculpture justice….it is very big, very big. This stainless steel statue is over 203 feet tall and weighs 560 tons. The sword is 52 feet long and the shield is 43 feet long/26 feet wide. The Soviets build this to impress.
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This is the beautiful sky about 20 minutes after sunset in Grand Cayman. The amazing pool and resort are pretty good as well. Good times……right now I’d love to be back at this spot. But like everyone else I’m doing my part to limit the spread of COVID-19….so no travel for a while….
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I’ve posted a few photos for this structure in the past. This time is from the top looking down the center. You can see the elevator at the 7th floor, which we never used by the way…..
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I took this photo of Ben Roethlisberger during 2018 NFL season….. After his injury there wasn’t much time to capture this in the 2019 season. So, the question is whether or not he’ll be able to throw the football in an NFL game again? If he can’t, you won’t see him running out of the tunnel as a starter again. I assume he’ll make it back, even if he is a shell of his old self. @jasonpohuski on the other hand doesn’t think Ben will ever throw an NFL pass again. We’ll see who is right this fall, assuming the NFL starts up again.
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