This beautiful series of photos by Christopher Payne is called Asylum and was shot in several deserted State Hospitals across the US. We all know them from horror-movies, but there was a time when mental patients were locked in these hospitals and who knows what has happened there. I love the beauty of these photos but they also give me the shivers. Stunning work! Check out much more of Christopher's work at his website.
5 comments:
that staircase is stunning! Such beauty from such craziness!!
Being crazy was indeed rewarded with loads of beauty!
I could do so many things with that staircase.
Yes, once upon a time people were locked up in such places. Now there often is no place for them to go at all, so they wander, homeless and uncared for, in the streets. I really don't see that as "progress."
Luckily that's not the case in The Netherlands. We take good care of our crazy people. Look at me! Crazy as hell and I have a roof over my head!
Strong series!
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