Circus in the Daytime

Since I feel like posting these on my blog, I'ma gonna do it.  I still have some pictures to upload that actually fit into the design of this blog, so don't worry.  The depressing nature of some of my work is sure to return.  Until then, some fun color.

Favorite Holga Shots

Hello!

The following are three shots taken by my beloved Holga and they remain as some of my favorite multiple exposures.  They don't really flow with the theme of this blog, but I thought I'd post since I want to win another Holga....from...http://www.photomfa.com/holga

Thanks for looking!

Abandoned House

We stumbled on this house not long ago on our way to the oldest covered bridge in Georgia.  I don't know anything about the history of the house and there was definitely a disconnect between the age of the house and the age of the belongings inside.  The owner of the property happened by while we were inside and was kind enough to let us stay and continue to take pictures, even though the front stairs collapsed as soon as my friend stepped off. 

Cemetery Pictures - Central State Hospital

I'll be going through some files for older cemetery photos I have, but these are recent shots of two of the five "hidden" cemeteries at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA.

Central State Hospital

The following pictures were taken at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA.  As you can see, the building and its contents are in disrepair.

Central State Hospital admitted its first patient in 1842 and by the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth,  it grew to become the largest asylum in the country.  While most buildings around the central courtyard are boarded up in various stages of decay, other parts of the campus are open.  I think this is what makes this place so interesting; the few programs that still serve the general population are located in buildings on the outskirts of the main closed campus, lending a general creepy vibe to the entire place.  These are just a few examples of what it looks like there.  There are also 5 "hidden" cemeteries on the grounds of Central State Hospital where an estimated 25,000-30,000+ patients were buried in mostly unmarked graves.  The cemeteries were segregated and in a separate blog, I'll post those pictures. 

These spikes were what identified some of the gravesites. 

You can see the moss growing on floor of this upper-level residential room.

This was a larger room located at the end of a hallway, most likely a rec room of some sort.

A sink in an otherwise empty room.

These are patient x-rays completed destroyed by the elements.  They fill two rooms and the hallway outside.

Room 204A.

A sterilization chamber.  It's amazing to see all of the other metal parts in the room completely rusted out and this strikingly clean.

The colors of most of the rooms stood in bright contrast to the decay.

One of the larger and older buildings on the campus.

This one speaks for itself.

As always, I incorporate various types of photography to achieve an individualized and concious choice regarding these shots.  Thanks for looking!