by rwhawkins | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Don’t go in the basement!” It sounded like the start of a horror movie, but it was the start of a great couple hours of abandoned photography. The Jupiter factory was high on my list of places to photograph during my trip to the exclusion zone....
by rwhawkins | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
My guide and translator was off to try and climb the Duga antenna so I was alone with our government escort. His main instruction was “no climbing” which is a shame because some of the cranes in the harbor had some very interesting cockpits. When I arrived...
by rwhawkins | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Three of my photographs, Hope, Onacho and When I Light a Torch, were nominees in the fine art category of the annual Black & White Spider Awards. I definitely appreciate the nominee and Spider’s work in promoting photography as an art form. You can view all...
by rwhawkins | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl was moved into position in November, but only now have I seen some videos of it. This one is pretty epic with a lot of good timelapses. The NSC is an engineering marvel, I’m really surprised we don’t hear more about...
by rwhawkins | Mar 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The print of the month for March is “Das Ventile, Hatttingen, Germany” Hattingen is a lovely little town on the Ruhr river in western Germany. It is certainly worth a visit to see the old timber houses and original city wall, but that is not what brought...
