Anyone else here into modern ruins photography?

Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:24 AM
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Anyone else here into modern ruins photography?

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 09:25 AM by Beware the Beast Man

I'm not a photographer, but if I was, this would be my key subject. I stumbled upon this particular subject a few years ago while googling info on an abandoned mental hospital near my hometown that was being torn down to put up a Super Wal-Mart (:grr:). It's definitely striking, eerie and surreal.

Here are some links as examples:

http://www.oboylephoto.com/ruins/
http://www.modern-ruins.com/
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=modernruinsphoto

And here's info on the aforementioned state hospital (Dixmont):
http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/dixmont.html
http://www.dixmontstatehospital.com

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joneschick

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:32 AM
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1. I know a photographer that likes to use modern ruins for backdrop

http://www.deviantart.com/view/24840433/

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:51 AM
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3. Chilling.

Excellent work, but a little dark for my tastes. :)

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ghostsofgiants

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:34 AM
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2. I love modern ruins.

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 09:34 AM by primate1

Definitely make for great photographic subjects. Sadly there aren't many around here. I did find an abandoned church yesterday, but didn't have my camera with me.

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Hugin

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:10 AM
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4. I find ruins facinating...

Thanks for the links!

I'll probably add them all to my links.

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:15 AM
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5. One of my biggest regrets,

was not sneaking on to Dixmont property as a teen. I was too chicken. I bought into the whole local mythology of the place (it was booby-trapped, there were still patients squatting there, armed guards, etc.). Damn you, Wal-Mart.

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Hugin

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:18 AM
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8. My explorations have been curtailed in recent years...

There are way more higher fences around, or so it seems to me.

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Mutley

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:17 AM
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6. How 'bout fake modern ruins built on purpose?

Only in Bawlmer, hon. :D

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asthmaticeog

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:18 AM
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7. I've hit these two spots.

http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/jaite.html
http://www.ohiotrespassers.com/coast/coastG1.html

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:19 AM
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9. Yeah, that's a good one.

Apparently, there's a ton of stuff here in Ohio.

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asthmaticeog

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:27 AM
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10. Yeah, there sure is.

Shit, our licence plate motto should be changed to "Once grand infrastructure gone all to seed."

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Cathyclysmic

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Thu Jun-08-06 11:06 AM
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12. Thanks

A coworker and I have decided to go photograph some places, and our google searches were not coming up with anything that was not over commercialized.

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:33 AM
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11. And another- defunct amusement parks:

http://www.defunctparks.com/index.htm

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GalleryGod

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Thu Jun-08-06 11:11 AM
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13. My Old DU Pal, Longgrain, loved to

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 11:21 AM by GalleryGod

photograph abandoned (and spooky)Amusement Parks.

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Thu Jun-08-06 11:15 AM
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14. I remember his photos. They were pretty cool.

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