Neglected & Abandoned by photosynthesis
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Neglected & abandoned houses like this are fairly common in rural areas. Not pretty, but it has a certain gritty realism that is photographically appealing.
I've been passing by this property every week or two for years & often thought about stopping to take some photos. Yesterday, I finally did. I wanted to take some more photos of the entire structure (actually three separate buildings), but the view from the road is largely obstructed by trees. I thought about jumping the fence to get a better angle, but a clearly marked "No Trespassing" sign & a couple of dogs wandering around inside the property dissuaded me. I'll see if any of the other photos I did take are worth posting...
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Comments (14)
fascinating !
Very interesting work! Good to avoid the dogs.
I too like dereliction, nice shot.
Ein fantastisches Bild
This certainly is photogenic, and you've done it so well...lovely photo!
Bet that place has some stories to tell.
Cool shot!
Old houses like this are facinating for their potential histories.
Very beautiful even when neglected I wonder what stories are within these walls and under the roof
Nice capture!
Great photo.
Even if this is the only good shot you got, it was worth the stop. There's enough here to get a feel for the place, and it has an intimacy about it that I like a lot. The close-in shot makes it easy to imagine living here. Wonderful!
Very nice. Aloha
Claude, I have to stop here for now, but I wasn't going to end this session without commenting on this shot. I'm always thrilled when you tackle decay and age, as well as heavily juxtaposed sights---ie, sights that make no concession to "neatness" but rather show their ornery beauty boldly. It has great beauty. Your clarity of hues---including some beautiful purples and blues---brings this alive, as if the house had a soul, and was glowing for you. I understand having limited views; but you zeroed in on a rich even teeming bunch of juxtapositions; and the distant view allowed you to capture a wonderful set of angles and mysteries. I also get not jumping over a fence to face dogs who may not appreciate finer points of photography (they probably own bad cameras), but you sure got a vital and packed view from that place. Have I mentioned this? Well bear with me if I have (and if you already know it): Orson Welles was forced, later in his career, to work on small budgets, as Hollywood didn't support his vision. So with little money, he had to make due with the toughest locales. In one of his films, he wound up shooting a scene in a dingy, dank catacomb-like place, with dripping water all over the place---barely ideal for a film, as the light was bad, the clarity was worse, and the sound was deep and echo-y. But! Having no choice, and little time, he shot the scene there anyway; and made it buh-rilliant---moody, mysterious, magical, you name it. He knew how to turn difficult locales into brilliance. Well, without a National Geographic budget and time to get to know the owners (and tame the dogs), you took an awkward challenge and made a beautiful, chock-full shot, and turned an abandoned house into a poem. Boy do I like your work. Terrific. Well, I didn't come back the 'next day', as I promised (life); but I got here eventually; and I'll be back again soon. Love this stuff! I'm a big fan, if that wasn't obvious by now...