Although I do not consider myself much of a photographer, here is my entry for the monomad challenge. I do follow some great photographers here including @daveks, @tattoodjay and #monomad allstars @bluemoon @sagesigma @scubahead and @lightcaptured. This post is also a teaser for my best attempt at a @slobberchops Urban Exploration post I may drop tomorrow. Enough teaser and namedropping for you?

The "Cooper Site"

I will have to save the story and history for my #urbex post but suffice to say, this photo shoot is 15 years in the making for me. The place I am visiting has been abandoned, derelict and the topic of conversation ever since I moved to this small Canadian town. A big waste of space in the middle of town that everyone seems to have a great idea how it should be used, but nothing has happened...'til now.

I only hoped that my feeling of having walked into a black and white movie, imagining ghosts of decades past going about their business. I suppose I have to give you a hint of some of the reading I did before the tour.




I lifted this picture from https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/comments/js196a/1958_canadian_national_railway_cn_steam/ in a reddit #trainporn thread. At the heart of this community is a long dead train servicing facility along the Canadian National Railway line. Colourized but still state of the art in 1958

I might have a candidate for the highly-contested #reflections community here. Rain collecting on a century old floor reflecting the ribs of an industrial dinosaur.

The sky was grey that day so you might think this is black & white but there is a touch of blue in the sky.






Brings me back to the title shot. This one just weighs on me for the tons of antique iron standing in rows. Each engineered to be identical but now each unique for the trials of the test of time. Sentinels still reverberating with the hum of thousands of heavy metal impacts. Timeless perspective and dreams of what this space can become.

I am honoured to curate for:

Be sure to tune in tomorrow when I will unleash some colour shots, people pictures, and perhaps a history lesson.