NYFalls.com Talk

not about an asylum but interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_weekend/2 ... f-the-city

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eholubow/c ... 809492466/

My fascination with asylums and abandoned buildings stems from a scary movie/zombie apocalypse fixation.

I've discovered this old [maybe abandoned too] website on exploring ruins, and they get into some pretty dangerous places. It gave me the idea for my college photography project [while studying in California] that led me to an abandoned house on property owned by a walnut shelling plant. They gave me permission to shoot on two different occasions, resulting in this favorite shot of mine:

Behind Closed Doors by C Double W, on Flickr

Love that photo, Chris! Hope you won't mind if I add that I'm blown away by your talent and maturity at the tender age of 24!

Thanks a lot Kelly, appreciate all the compliments.

Here are some of those I mentioned earlier on my trip with Dad to a house, on the northwest corner of Oakland Rd and Short Tract Road I believe, outside Letchworth.

Great shots Chris! I hope thats paint and not blood!

Well as far as I could tell there weren't any crime scenes there.

Among the ominous red hand print there were lots of other splashes of colored paint around the house, but I liked the implications of that one.

I've also been checking out http://www.opacity.us and really like all of the pictures and information gathered there, definitely using that for future reference.

http://www.infiltration.org/abandoned.html
http://www.abandonedny.com/categories.html
http://oabonny.com/

Are also great sites for resources. And...hopefully someday we can say http://newyorkinruins.com/ will also be a great dedication and resource to these forgotten places.

I think this is around Washinton, but still cool (nice HDR, not too overdone, but enough to bring out the gritty detail):
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40005142[/vimeo]

This is actually stitched together with SLR stills.