A day trip out to Alcatraz Island… combining my passions of travel, photography & crime. What more could I ask for?
Note: If you’re wondering why you’ve spotted some well-known figures made out of Lego in one of the photos, the prison was also hosting an exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, highlighting the plight of people who have been persecuted for voicing their opinions in one way or another (generally speaking).
a coffee break with mike 
Amazing photos!
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Thank you Holly 🙂
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What a great place to be with your camera. So great photos!! Thank you for the moment of enjoying them.
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It was a great place to take the camera! Just once I’d love access to a place like this on my own though! Other people make it hard to get those “perfect” shots
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I can imagine that. Why did they have to be there at the same time as you? 😉
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Exactly what I was thinking!!
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Glad you got to see Alcatraz … an interesting place, isn’t it?! I was there in 1988 with a former boyfriend. (We spent several days in San Francisco, and in some ways I left my heart in that city. A year later, an earthquake hit and took down a double-decker roadway that we had travelled on several times.) Now, every time “Bird Man from Alcatraz” comes on TV, I wonder what changes have been made over these 27 years.
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Maybe it’s an excuse for you to go back and have another visit 😉
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Good excuse but can’t swing it right now.
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Apparently the Indians belong in reservations or in prison? I wonder who wrote this sarcastic welcome!
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It was actually the Indians 😉 post-prison they took over it for a while before they were forced off.
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My favourite is the truck picture.Awesome! Isn’t San Fran amazing?
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Love your B/W depiction of Alcatraz. Almost spine-chilling. The 3rd picture has so much soul…sad souls…:(
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Fantastic photos Mike. They really speak – silently, atmospherically. I loved the broken window (I want it for my windows series, another ‘gunnadoo’, stay tuned!) and the truck against the wall (how did you do that?), especially.
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Amazing photos. San Francisco is a great city:)
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Lovely photograph. Very Interesting place. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Gréât photos Mike!
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