Recently a friend told me about the Crozet tunnel, which is a historic railroad tunnel, built in 1850. At the time it was the largest tunnel in the world reaching 4,237 feet in length, almost one mile long. The tunnel has been abandon for many years, but people still hike through the tunnel today. I originally was told about the different sounds that are and can be created through a tunnel this long; I also think there is something uncanny about the natural sounds we can’t always explain (the sounds happening in a dark tunnel). The thing that appeals most to me about this image is the idea of a dark tunnel/ entrance into a dark space. Not knowing where the opening will lead and what is inside, this can convey a strong feeling of the uncanny. In researching the tunnel one of the articles said it was “without doubt one of the most eerie places I’ve ever been”, I think you can get a sense of that feeling from this picture. You can also see a fog like shape through the middle of the entrance to the tunnel, which as Marina Warner's said “the camera could apprehend this spirit body in a way that fallible human eyes could not.” There are stories that the tunnel is haunted by the Irish immigrants who work and died building the tunnel and it is up to the viewer to decide if this is fog or spirits caught on camera. Overall the most interesting aspect of this photo is the mysterious or unknown realm within.
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