Once one of the most important naval shipyards on the West Coast, Mare Island is a place where the past remains remarkably present. Its dry docks, cranes, workshops, and industrial structures still carry the traces of generations of people who built and repaired ships there.
Ghosts in the Glass grew from my fascination with that lingering presence. Photographing through the aging windows of the shipyard, I began to see reflections of cranes, buildings, machinery, and sky layered across the glass and the spaces beyond it. Past and present seemed to occupy the same frame.
These photographs are not intended as a documentary record of Mare Island. They are interpretations of a place shaped by memory—using reflection, light, abstraction, and fragments of the shipyard to suggest what remains after the work has ended and the people have gone.
Ghosts in the Glass was awarded Silver in the Professional Fine Art / Architecture category at the 2025 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3).
All photographs in this collection are available as limited-edition fine art prints.
For a deeper look at the history, process, and ideas behind the work, explore The Story Behind the Collection: Ghosts in the Glass.
