102 Comments Posted by Taubin

For some reason, when I first saw this shot, I thought of something getting sucked up the chute ala bank drive through mode. Maybe I just have some odd reverse thought process. It's an amazing shot. Looks really welcoming and comforting to me for some reason... I can't explain it.

To re-iterate how painful it is/was, when my uncle talked about it, he stated he asked the doctor to kill him instead of continuing. He stated the treatment was worse than the burns by far, and if he had known how bad it was going to be, he would have laid in the fire and happily died. He was by no means a sad, or suicidal person, it just hurt that badly. I of course am glad he didn't die, and he turned out ok, allot of scarring etc which is expected. For some reason seeing some of the tubs on the site reminded me of him recalling his experiences.

Thanks for the medical term Lynne.

By the way, if you are weak of stomach, or eating beef jerky, as I was, don't do a google images search for debridement.

Motts, have you ever come across a "burn tub" (not sure the proper term for it). They were used to help burn victims by using airiated water jets to gently remove the burnt skin/flesh. My uncle was burnt very very badly when the gas station he owned went up in the late 50's early 60's and they used a tub that did that. Maybe Lynne can help with a proper name.

Thanks for the clarification Lynne, I'll do more homework on this place.

~This and all information provided by me are my own personal thoughts, and in no way an expert testimony = P

Mikeymisery, in most cases (99% of them) I would agree with you, however, after reading quite a bit about this place in particular, I lean heavily towards the "strapping people down" theory. I purposely read up on this place before entering this gallery.

If I ever get rich enough to own a mansion, this, and the matching stairs a couple frames back are SOOO going into it.

The location is watched very closely, and allot of the time the owners will not grant permission to entire the facilities ;)

Motts' caption of this one about made me fall out of my chair laughing, thanks Motts, that was much needed after the evil, cruel, nasty, demented clown = )

So not cool, I hate clowns. They frighten me greatly. I think I would shit myself if I saw this in a dark hallway. *shudder*

Not sure if Motts or anyone who has been in here still reads the older shots, but, were there doors on either end of this hallway? Just curious, it would be interesting to see if they were cut to match the hallway, or if they left the hall open ended.

These are more than likely used for washing hair, not hands ;)

Unless I'm completely wrong Jess, which is entirely possible, and in fact probable, it appears to be a longer than normal exposure time when the picture was taken. The red and blue light would be from Motts' head lamp, and some sort of indicator light?

I'm taking a wild stab in the dark, and as I stated, I'm not a photographer, so, I could be completely wrong, but, it reminds me of the pictures of cars on the highway with trailing brake lights and headlights. Above is the method used for doing them shots. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong = )

I'm with Motts on this one, I would go nuts in a minimalistic room like this... There would be only so many times I would be able to count the tiles. Like twice...

Am I the only one that finds it odd to have to "notify the office by telephone" if the place caught fire? I think the phone would be the last thing on my mind at that point.

It looks allot like washout from the photo getting wet, I could be completely wrong though, it's happened before... once... a long time ago... we don't talk about it anymore....