Linen Closets, Traverse City State Hospital, Michigan
Patient Toothbrushes, Hudson River State Hospital, New York
Bathtub, Fairfield State Hospital, Connecticut
Autopsy Theater, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington, DC
I just spent way too much time on Christopher Payne’s site, staring at photos of abandoned asylums and hospitals. Fascinating.
(Thank you Sarah)
Beautiful and quietly disturbing.
Feb 8th, 2012 / 12:14 pm
Haunting.. I feel like I’m about to spend hours browsing too..
Feb 8th, 2012 / 1:43 pm
Holy crap, look at those Eames chairs!!
Feb 8th, 2012 / 8:10 pm
excellent, I find the toothbrush cabinet most disturbing in its regimented order. Like hung corpses on a gibet or is that just me.
Feb 9th, 2012 / 3:12 am
If you like those you’ll also love Rob Dobi’s ‘New England Ruins’ work…
http://robdobi.4ormat.com/
Feb 9th, 2012 / 4:17 am
This is funny because I was thinking how much I liked his style…and lone behold I own one of his Asylum Book! Well worth the buy if anyone’s considering…
Feb 9th, 2012 / 9:11 am
Fascinating! I’m impressed..
Feb 9th, 2012 / 11:31 am
Peeps who like this should probably like
How To Be A Retronaut
Here’s a couple to get you started:
Detroit In Ruins
http://www.retronaut.co/2011/01/detroit-in-ruins/
Once Upon A Time In Afghanistan
http://www.retronaut.co/2010/10/once-upon-a-time-in-afghanistan/
Enjoy the site, you’ll spend hours poking around.
Feb 13th, 2012 / 3:50 am
I’m sick to the back teeth of this style of badly-lit-sudo-gritty-reportage work.
As a creative I see hundreds of photographers portfolios with this same old stuff time and time again.
Totally forgettable.
Feb 15th, 2012 / 9:25 am
Well good thing the photos weren’t taken just for your enjoyment, huh Curator?
I love this. Just visited Traverse City State Hospital this past weekend and got some great shots. Very cool place to visit! Some parts are renovated into shops and a restaurant now.
Sep 4th, 2013 / 9:56 pm