Official Website Launch!

So after months of work, and then weeks of working out the kinks my website is officially up and running. Yup, that’s right there is now a NicoleFallek.com

Check it out, let me know what you think and come to the exhibition which is now May 29th at Cafe Latte’da in Fells Point.

Urban Jungle

Recently I have taken up shooting in abandoned buildings again. It’s something that I used to do all the time, but it’s pretty hard to get people to come with you if they aren’t photographers. Luckily I have a newfound photo buddy and we have decided to do a series over the next few months on all of the abandoned places around Baltimore, DC and Virginia. We have gone to three locations already and have come back with some great stuff and I have been experimenting with new techniques like panorama and HDR (with varying levels of success).

Here are some of 

my photos from the shoots:

 

And here are some of Andre’s photos : 

           Be sure to check out the rest of his work on Flickr

The last shoot in particular was amazing. We visited an old rubber factory and besides being one of the most disgusting places I have ever seen (my feet are still stained almost a week later because I was stupid and wore flip flops) there were the strangest thing just lying around. He found a forum that put it perfectly

“Pieces of cars, tons of tires (things to be expected) but then other things like, multiple kiddee pools, there was a swing in one of the rooms, empty unlabeled pill bottles, an artists drying rack, old weird sculptural looking things made out of flattened nails, little kids sandals, thousands of the same christmas ornament, old trick or treat bags a broken cello, a sled, pieces of film developing reels, broken bicycles, a wall full of telephone numbers, as well as things that made it look like someone had moved in, like a whole bunch of couches and armchairs, bottles of really old milk and the like.”

Here is a video that someone did on the building if you would like to see it in real time

 

He also went back and found some old records of when the factory filed for backrupcy in 1962

“SCHENUIT RUBBER CO. FILES FOR SECONDARY. The Schenult Rubber Company, Railroad and Union Avenues, 

Baltimore, filed a registration statement (File 2-19837) with the SEC on February 26th seeking registration 

of 240,000 outstanding shares of Class A common stock, to be offered for public sale by the holders thereof 

on an all or none basis through underwriters headed by Robert Garrett & Sons, Garrett Building, Baltimore. 

The public offering price (maximum $17 per share*) and underwriting terms are to be supplied by amendment. 

The company (formerly The Frank G. Schenuit Rubber Company) is engaged in the manufacture of tires 

and tubes for military and civilian aircraft use. industrial tires and tubes. and automobile and truck tires. 

It has outstanding, in addition to preferred stock, 293.250 Class A and 282.750 Class B shares, after giving 

effect to a recapitalization in February 1962 whereby (1) 10,500 new Class A shares were issued to the 

holders of the then outstanding $175,000 of 6t notes and (2) 282,750 Class A and 282,750 Class B shares 

were issued to the holders of the then outstanding 19,500 shares. All of such outstanding stock is owned 

in approximately equal amounts by Elizabeth Schenuit Spilman, Nancy Lee Schenuit Thompson and Mary Jean 

Schenuit Travers (daughters of the late Grank G. Schenuit. founder of the company); and they propose to 

sell 80,000 Class A shares each. Roy C. Neely Thompson are vice presidents of the company.“

If you would like to see the work of other photographers who like to explore abandoned builds in and around Baltimore be sure to check out Urbanatrophy.com