Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 2010 of Jacksonville Beach held its annual event at the Beach Pavilion yesterday. Once again, an amazing event with amazing people. If you were there and had your group photo taken, view the photos by clicking on these words.
10-10-10… the most booked date this year for sure! Here’s a sneak peek of Janet and Mike’s sunrise wedding on the beach. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day.
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Just when you think there’s nothing you haven’t done in Jacksonville already… Have you ever wondered what that old, rusted-out building is underneath the Matthews Bridge? Thanks to DOCOMOMO (International working party for the documentation and conversation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement) of Jacksonville’s tour day, I was able to wander inside and photograph one of Jacksonville’s urban decay treasures, the Ford Motors Co. Assembly Plant. Back in its hay-day of the ’20s and ’30s, it used to produce Model T Ford vehicles. Thanks to J. G. Braddock Sr for uploading this beautiful photo of the plant when it was functional and running:
Here’s a small blurb from the DOCOMOMO website:
“The former Ford Motor Company assembly plant was designed by Albert Kahn and built in 1924. Kahn is best-known for his factory designs, including many built for the Soviet automobile industry. Jacksonville’s Model T plant features the massive scale, lack of decoration, and use of modern materials demonstrated in many of Kahn’s other industrial buildings. The building is presently in poor shape and is being used for light industrial purposes and trailer storage. Its beautiful site on the St. Johns River makes it a candidate for a number of possible reuse opportunities, most notably as a cruise ship terminal.”
Today was the perfect day for the tour… the early morning light seeped through the rusted panes making the building into a cathedral of urbay decay. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day.
Thanks again to DOCOMOMO for bringing us in for a free tour today to appreciate these little gems of history in Jacksonville, Florida. If you’d like to see more photos from the plant, check out this article from Metro Jacksonville.
-Ruth
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I’m a bit of a geek. Okay, I’m a bit of a big geek. Lots and lots of bits of me are geeky. Geek R Me. I’ve spent time at conventions like MegaCon celebrating the geekiness that is Sci-Fi, comic books, you name it. I enjoy things like video games and fiction books, the Steampunk sub-sub-genre, and I’ve recently sewn a couple of costumes for nothing but the pure fun of having a Victorian bustle.
With that confession out of the way, let me introduce you to another geeky friend of mine, Amanda. She created a Lord of the Rings-esque elven costume, and somewhere down the road we decided we needed to do a themed shoot around her costume. When we found out Ft. Clinch up in Fernandina Beach was already closed for the night, we headed to Big Talbot Island. Here’s the results of that EPIC time spent on the beach:
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Anyone who has taken a peek inside my portfolio can tell you… I LOVE the Jacksonville Zoo. When I was approached by Kori & Robert to photograph their wedding there, I was thrilled. Since the remodeling several years ago, the Zoo has been transformed into beautiful botanical gardens with thousands of plant species from around the world.
But the real story here is between Kori & Robert. They’d known each other since they were children, had gone their separate ways through life, and had found each other again — different people but the same. Watching them interact was a treat. They know how to make each other laugh and they still have the ‘play’ instinct, my favorite part of relationships. Without much more, here are the photos, starting at the Young, Broke & Fabulous, a wonderfully unique salon on the edge of Avondale & Riverside.
Thank you, Kori & Robert, for allowing me to be a part of your day. I had so much fun!
-Ruth
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