The Ellis Island Collection
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In the southern shadows of Ellis Island's Great Hall, forgotten by history and ill-equipped in its battle with nature, I came upon the ruins of a vast hospital: the contagious-disease wards and isolation rooms for the people whose spirits carried them across oceans but whose bodies failed them, just inches from Paradise. What I was obsessed to do, almost as if I was chosen to do it, was document the light and the energy and living spirit of this place. I added no light of my own, nor any artifice of the photographic craft. I wasn't simply interested in graphics born from the patina of ruin. I just wanted to record the place as I found it."
~Stephen Wilkes
Book available: Ghosts of Freedom: Ellis Island" by Stephen Wilkes
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Corridor 9, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, brig, Island 2
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Linen Room, Door Study, Island 3
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Hospital extension, women's ward, Island 2
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Psychiatric hospital, wall study with light switch, Island 2
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Isolation ward, curved corridor, Island 3
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Tuberculosis Ward, Statue of Liberty, Island 3
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Patient Ward with light on table, Island 3
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Nurses' quarters, Island 3
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Administration Office, single shoe, Island 3
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The autoclave, Island 3
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Main Hospital, blue room with bed frame, Island 2
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Snow-covered corridor, Island 3
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Powerhouse, Boiler, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, broom study, Island 2
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Measles ward, oak file cabinets, Island 3
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Measles ward, sink with snow scene through window, Island 3
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Corridor 9, window study, sunset, Island 3
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Corridor 9, doorway, Island 3
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Isolation ward, Eveready batteries, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, sunken bed, Island 2
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Morgue, prep room, Island 3
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White tile study, O.R., Island 2
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Courtyard, fall study, Island 3
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Measles ward through window, Island 3
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Nurses' quarters, billowing shade at sunset, Island 3
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Administration building, hallway, Island 3
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Hospital extension, faucet study (floor), Island 2
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Isolation ward, fall courtyard through window, Island 3
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Administration building, snow-covered entrance, Island 3
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Measles ward, lone chair and window, Island 3
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Administration building, dresser and mirror, Island 3
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Isolation ward, suitcase, Island 3
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Isolation ward, wall study with pipes, Island 3
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Linen room, Island 3
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Isolation ward, Statue of Liberty, Island 3
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Administration building, room with vines, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, brig sink study, Island 2
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Nurses' quarters, twin sink study, Island 3
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Psychiatric ward, hallway, Island 3
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Nurses' quarters, lawn chair, Island 3
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Measles ward, puddle of snow, Island 3
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Measles ward, huddled chairs, Island 3
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Ferry building, roof study with eagles, Island 2
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Measles ward, shattered door study, Island 3
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Hospital extension, operating room, pigeon study, Island 2
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Immigrant Hospital complex, main kitchen, Island 3
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Administration building, dark hallway, Island 3
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Hospital extension, bar stool, Island 2
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Measles ward, red sunset, Island 3
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Measles ward, lone chair, Island 3
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Powerhouse, door study, Island 3
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Arial Ellis Island
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Psychiatric Hospital, green room, Island 2
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Administrative quarters, staff house, Island 3
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Measles ward, two chairs, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, detention cage, Island 2
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Paint room, Island 3
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Measles ward, hallway study with plant life, Island 3
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Outer building, toilet basin study, Island 2
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Measles ward, brick study, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital, green hallway, Island 2
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Psychiatric Hospital, blue room, Island 2
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Morgue, detail refrigeration unit, Island 3
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Psychiatric Hospital,
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Morgue, prep room, Island 3
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Hospital extension, O.R. room, Island 2
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Morgue, Island 3
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Administration building, shattered bathroom study, Island 3
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Isolation ward, white tiles and dripping ceiling, Island 3
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Isolation ward, recreation room, window study, Island 3
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Hospital extension, faucet study (wall), Island 2
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Isolation ward, ceiling fixture detail, Island 3
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Isolation ward with white chair, Island 3
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Hudson River, water study
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Ceiling light fixture, detail, Island 3
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