POST INCINERATOR

Found at the Presidio, San Francisco, Ca.

You obviously were in the right place at the right time! Interesting B&W. Interesting contrast in textures between the brick and the door.

 

Good stuff!

 

michael

Another good find, David. Love the high-contrast B&W.

an original image David..I like the geometry and tone...was it used to burn documents ?

Characteristic irony: no smoking at the incinerator.

You have the best of way of wresting a wry smile. Black & white irony.

Thanks. This was taken very soon after the Presidio of San Francisco was turned over to the National Park Service. What a fascinating place it was to explore.

Thanks. As you may have noticed, this is an old image, although I mistakenly put the 2008 date on it. It is really from my old darkroom days and dates back to about 1990.

Yes, I love that. Jeez, we wouldn't want to start a fire would we?

Thanks. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I like to think that only government could fail to see the irony in this, or at least not care so much.

Dave, you have a way of making simple subjects look so very amazing. Love it . Regards, Lawrence.

you sure have a knack for finding the bizarre and ironic. i love bizarre and ironic!

Thanks for the nice comment, but I think more likely it is that I have the knack for making ordinary things look ordinary. lol

Oh, so the building can smoke, but people can't? That's not fair. But I don't smoke, so what do I care?

I always say that stuff finds me.

I think you get the picture.

Dave, your street shots always have some sense of absurdity or mystery to them. Much fun. Here I admit, I had to look up the definition of a Post Incinerator: "INCINERATOR WITH A PLURALITY OF OUTER WALLS AND A HOLLOW GRATE". Still don't know why it's classified, however. Neat image, though.

Thanks for the look. Hope you had a fine Thanksgiving. Actually, I see now that I have not given you all the clues you need. This is on the Presidio of San Francisco. It is a military base (or post). So, this is the base's incinerator, or post's incinerator. Not the "post incinerator" you looked up. Sorry for the misunderstanding. It probably dates back to the times when most waste was burned, although it is possible that it was primarily used to destroy documents that needed to be kept confidential.

Thanks for the explanation, Dave, and I bet our decider has one of those in the WH cellar, hahaha! B

Yeah and I'll bet he's got a whole platoon of people manning it too. Wonder if he figured out a way to incinerate emails while he is at it. lol