These images are part of: Architecture | New England | Fort Adams
I first visited the State of Maine during the summer of 1997 and had the opportunity to photograph Fort Knox, a 19th century fort located in central main. This was my first exposure to the New England Forts, which were built by the Americans in response to the English presence in North America, specifically, to the large British naval station located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I find the American forts fascinating - they are reflections of the British defences in Nova Scotia, but because of the different philosophies and approaches to the technologies of the age, they are subtly different, and it is that difference which I find so fascinating.
Between 1997 and 2000, I built upon these initial images, working with different forts, as far south as Rhode Island, and sometimes returning to the same spaces over and over.