The Beach

    Yesterday my friend Sean and I decided to visit Pleasure Beach.  Pleasure Beach used to be known for its theater, thrill rides, grassy picnic areas, and summer beach cottages.  About ten years ago the bridge connecting the "island" (it's really a peninsula but getting to it from the mainland is only possible by walking along a stretch of beach) burned in a mysterious fire (read: arson).  The city has planned rebuilding the bridge for sometime now, however all of the former residents' belongings were left on the island after the initial fire.  The state of the island today is pretty much a wasteland of decaying buildings and eviction notices.
      Armed with a camera I was ready to explore and photograph anything that remained.  Right as Sean and I got to main road on the island, we noticed another photographer had beat us there.  We introduced ourselves and found out the photographer was none other that Rob Dobi!  Rob runs the very popular t-shirt line Fullbleed and archives abandonments all across the northeast at his photography website New England Ruins.  Needless to say I was excited to meet him.
    Rob knows everything about The Beach, making regular visits multiple times a week.  He gave us a tour of some of the more interesting buildings and also told us some of his other exploring stories.  After about an hour of showing us around, we went off on our separate ways.
    Sean and I stayed for a few more hours to photograph as much of the island as we could.  By the end of the day I had almost 160 photos on my card and was very satisfied with the results.  I'll be posting them up on my newest website in the coming days.  Stay tuned for updates.