Jack Nicholson during the premiere of Chinatown, Paris, 1974 – Jack Garofalo
The charred apartment of mass murderer Pedro Vargas, who set fire to his home before going door to door through the apartment building shooting anyone who he could find. In the end he murdered a total of 6 victims, before finally being killed himself in a fatal shoot out with the police. His motives were unclear, although it was reported that he was generally antisocial and abused steroids.
Broken wooden chair next to bathtub, Norwich State Hospital, 2008. I visited this asylum many times over the years; while most of the buildings were decidedly unphotogenic, it was a great place to poke around and explore, occasionally finding an interesting and well-lit scene such as this one. Sadly, several years ago, they unceremoniously demolished the three most interesting buildings on the grounds - the Theatre, Salmon (male forensic) Building, and Awl (the female forensic & violent building), as well as the chapel and power plant. I haven’t been back since; I feel almost as if that would be akin to going to New York if the connected boroughs were all demolished and only Staten Island was left. But I had some great times here, and filmed a still-unreleased documentary, back in the day.