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american buildings survey

The Built Environment

December 26, 2011 by trixrosen

Opening Dec 27th 2011 – January 21 2011
Reception –  Jan 8th 2012
Dark Room Gallery
12 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452
Included in the ‘The Built Environment’ Exhibition is my print from the
Essex County Penitentiary series:

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Title: Essex County Penitentiary, New Wing Corridor. North Caldwell, New Jersey.
Medium: Fine Art Digital Inkjet Paper with Archival Pigmented Inks
Size:  10 inches x 15 inches
Framed: $700.00 – 16 inches x 20 inches

As both a historic preservation and fine-art photographer, I am drawn to the timeless nature of a historic site; it is a repository of collective memories like those etched and concealed within the interior walls of this rusting prison ruin.

It was a cold December day in 2007 when I first walked through the Essex County Penitentiary. My assignment was to photograph the 32-acre jail complex as part of a required HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) documentation before the institutional structures and outbuildings, built between 1872 and 1929, could be demolished to make way for luxury condominiums. Photographing the “New Wing Corridor” was not part of the job, but the gritty prison hallway pulled me into an evocative still life of decaying iron bars and unhinged doors that allowed the silent voices of those once incarcerated to escape.

Filed Under: DOCUMENTARY, EXHIBITIONS, FINE ART, PRESERVATION Tagged With: american buildings survey, documentary, environment exhibition, essex junction vt, exhibition catalog, Exhibitions, Fine Art, fine art digital, fine art photography, historic preservation, north caldwell new jersey

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About Trix Rosen

Trix Rosen was a visionary photographer known for capturing powerful narratives transcending the ordinary. Her work explored themes of gender identity, social justice, and architectural heritage. Notable projects such as “HE-SHE,” “CHILDHOOD MEMORIES,” and “URBAN ARCHEOLOGY & MODERN RUINS” celebrated the unseen and overlooked aspects of life.
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