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As a lifelong citizen of Newark, I spent much of the past few years painting and photographing my changing city. Pictures features a selection of my work, complemented by classical music. Five of Modest Mussorgsky’s pieces from his composition Pictures at an Exhibition are selected, each of which represents the feel of a certain part of Newark. The following five locations are featured:
1. THE PASSAIC RIVER – music: Mussorgsky’s Promenade
2. OLD ESSEX COUNTY JAIL – music: With the Dead in the Language of Death
3. MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY – music: Promenade
4. DOWNTOWN NEWARK – music: Mozart’s Death March (k 453a)
5. PORT NEWARK – music: Promenade
Growing up in Newark, I am inspired and saddened by the inner city. I am inspired by Newark’s hope of renewal after decades of white flight, under-investment, and urban neglect. I am saddened by the loss of my city’s historic architecture and urban fabric to the wrecking ball of what is called progress.
Curious about the history of the old Essex County Jail? Explore this interactive exhibit.
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Featured work from this film

City in autumn

Waiting for demolition at the “Little Annie Drawbridge”

Essex County Jail

Rusting barge

This way to freedom


Downtown Newark

After hours in Port Newark


Big tires, bigger nation

The Chimney Falls – 2008

Port Newark

Waiting for demolition at the “Little Annie Bridge”

Old drawbridge at Port Newark

Sunset on the Passaic River

Pulaski Skyway

Essex County Jail

Symmetrical bridges cross the Passic River

Craneway Street

Gulf Station

Corbin Stret

Newark Broad Street Station

A sense of scale

Industrial zone in the New Jersey Meadowlands

Roman Ruins