Penitentiary Perspective by auntietk
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Description
Old Penitentiary
Boise, Idaho
What a fascinating place this was to visit! The prison has been out of use since 1973, and is open to the public. The oldest building on the grounds was the original Territorial Prison from 1870, and these "new" buildings were built in the 1950s.

Comments (29)
A wonderful capture, Tara. Looks so cold. Hugs. Di. xx
I think I have mentioned before that UK prisons are a holiday camp in comarison to this. Extremely evocative.
WOW! Lines! Lines! Vanishing perspective...but in a penitentiary, there's really nowhere to vanish, is there? This is deliciously stark! I love the light. What a shot!
Great shot !! I like the dynamical Light in the Pic :o)
wonderful capture; great dept, light and shadows
This is a great B&W Tara. Lovely light and shadow.
Just imagine the tales this place cold tell!
Extremely cool photo Tara!!!
excellent shot.....unfortunatly! Bravo Tara!!
Wonderful lighting here; but what an awful place to have to live. They should make it an art gallery!
Phew! For a moment there, I thought the law had caught up with you.... Glad to know you're just visiting!
going to sing those "Jail house blues" lol "No body knows the troubles i been thought...." wonderful image
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
Well done - the vanishing lines almost make this look abstract, but the bars on the doors bring us back to reality. Nice work.
clinically oppressive. A great study
Very cool capture. That original 1800's building must have been interesting to see.
A wonderful place to be happy in :))
Perfect selection for black and white. Great shot and perspective.
WOW it looks like a hopeless place, but I like the DOF in this. :)
Very cool image
Very moody shot.
A prison you say? I thought these were Manhattan studio apartments. My cousin lived in something quite similar before he was married. Great perspective and the black and white gives it the proper noire feeling. Did you bang a tin cup on the bars?
Great shot of a very unhappy place!
Cosy place...
Stark! and bare! and quite! - or so it appears to the naked eye ... if it wasn't for the sneaky ol' Sun, giving it some warmth! Wouldn't it be a decent place now, for the homeless ? - beats living under bridges or wherever ... a fine image, BB
Great capture would hate to know i would have to be in a place like this even it it were just for one night........I am so claustrobic I would end up in infirmary the first night Hugs Susan~
Nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there...... I love the lighting on this one, Tara – leave it to you to make a place like this look gorgeous! LOL! I really would like to visit one of these places sometime..... And I emphasize the word "visit."
I can appreciate this for it's light & abstract geometry, but mostly it evokes memories of the old gangster films of the 30's & 40's featuring James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson & John Garfield. An outstanding b&w composition...
Reminds me of 'The Shawshank Redemption'.. Film nerd side coming out lol Great shot Tara! Rob