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Fantastic lightbeams there!

Ihopethere were railings, but probably not cuzit's decaying.

the colors and angle of this shot just makes the closeness all the more uncomfortable!!

From that angle it looks like a very small door!

Very cool

I Agree with Kez, that doll on the bottom is scared out of he wits!! What did you do Motts? lol

My mum used to take her with me to this building to collect her wages (a nurse) etc, around the late 60s early 70s. Like most of Whittingham at the time it was in fabulous condition. Not scary at all to a 5 year old - just time and decay as well as Whittinghams stigma of the mentally ill has turned it into some sort of creep show. Its a shame that the buildings have gone into such a state - I remember most of Whittingham in its prime.

I love this pic :) It is amazing!

I agree with love- is dead a hospital is mostly a place that people die in

you are so talented. i don't say that about a lot of photographers.... and i'm very compelled by your work. thank you for giving me something to look at / think about when i can't sleep :)

WOW! I attended college at NYIT from 92-96, and i always felt especially in the Sunburst bldg there were souls crying out. The academic bldgs always felt unusual with the glass windows, the cold echos, and lonesome hallways. You felt as though you were being examined. Sadly when I returned a couple of years ago, despite the local developments, some of the campus grounds look unkept and I know some horrible truth of the lives that remains ring out from the grounds there as well as though released into a society that was not prepared for them.
Your photos are literally bringing tears to my eyes (and to think after all these years I'm studying to psychology-to ensure cruelty never happens again to those who suffer mentally and emotionally)

I don't know if this site is still active or not but i am a student doing an internship at a mental health facility. I was just informed that many of our clients lived through Penhurst so i decided to do some research and came accross this site. My heart is breaking for all of the Penhurst clients who had negative experiences however i am so thankful for those who worked hard in keeping the clients happy and alive. Many of clients are doing very well and are now Happy. I of course am only speaking for the clients that i have worked with but they seem Happy!!

"it stands alone silent and forgotten wating for that curious one to look and fall in love with how it grows old with grace."
/ beauty in such strang places its charming./

That looks like one of those things that they used to teach gorillas with -

I have been there nice place