Hart Island a potter's field in New York City

Joel Sternfeld, Looking south towards City Island and Manhattan from Hart Island, November 1992

Shoreline of Hart Island facing Long Island Sound, November 1991

A work camp built in 1982 for “quality of life” offenders, October 1992

A burial, December 1991

Burial implements being stored in the workhouse shower room, November 1992

Infants’ and children’s coffins are held in place in a partially filled grave by a temporary retaining wall, Potter’s Field, November 1991

Laundry building of the Boys’ Workhouse,, Hart Island, December 1991

Butcher Shop, Boys’ Workhouse, November 1992

Receptacles for knives, Butcher Shop, Boys’ Workhouse, November 1992

Interior, Butcher Shop, October 1992

Cemetery for Union Soldiers (Civil War), September 1992

A wall made of river stones, Cemetery for Union Soldiers, November 1991

Indian Poke, Cemetery Hill, November 1992

Bleachers from Ebbets Field donated to the Hart Island Wildcats in 1960, November 1991

Remnant of an Ebbets Field bleacher, November 1991

Shoes manufactured on Hart Island during the Phoenix House period, November 1991

A statue with offerings left by prisoners, December 1991

The “morgue wagon,” November 1992

Correction officers and an inmate unloading the morgue truck, February 1992

Florence Leo, February 1992

James Smith, February 1992

An inmate during the burial process, March 1992

The “baby Trench” during a break in the work, March 1992

Grave of the first New York City child to die of AIDS and be buried on Hart Island, March 1992

Vicki Pavia, whose baby was buried on Hart Island, on a specially arranged visit, March 1994

A recent grave covered with mussel shells, March 1992

The eastern shore of Hart Island, March 1992

A statue made during the Phoenix House period, February 1992

Abandoned Nike missile base, February 1992

Looking northeast from Cemetery Hill toward Long Island Sound after a snowfall, February 1993

A monument to peace erected shortly after the end of World War II, April 1992

Geese nesting on Cemetery Hill, April 1992

Ruins of the warden’s house, May 1993

Prisoners watching geese in flight, Potter’s Field, May 1992

An inmate pausing during yard work, May 1992

Correction officer’s garden, June 1992

Fragment of a grave marker near Potter’s Field, June 1992

Looking across an unnamed cove to the reformatory from Potter’s Field, June 1992

Long Island Sound on a summer day, June 1992

Cemetery Hill, June 1992

Vandalized grave markers, the carriage house is seen in the distance, November 1992

Joel Sternfeld, Looking south towards City Island and Manhattan from Hart Island, November 1992