Nocturnal Landscapes is a series of eerie, yet strangely beautiful landscapes, that emerge when abandoned structures decay without human interaction or habitation. The series also documents the physical decline of the historically significant Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. I shot the series on a Pentax 6×7 medium format camera using expired Fuji 64 Tungsten film over the past three years from 2019 to 2022. These decaying structures are a metaphor for the loss, sadness, and longing for a human element that is no longer present. They are now only hollow carcasses of their proud former selves.

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