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awesome angle, great shot!

lush and beautiful outside, from this shot you kinda might forget the condition we know the inside is in!

is it common that the upper floors are always more intact? (sorry if that is a stupid question)

haven't seen it anywhere else? that is interesting.

Mott, you must truly feel the power of these places you photograph, because you convey it so well in the shots you take.

I like that someone commented on us looking at the building and not just at the "asylum" and patient's point of view. I see both, one in some pics and the other in some pics.

wow, I did think it was a reflection...
It would be awesome to go see this place. You are lucky you got to go, and thanks again for sharing your pics and experience with us!

I dont think its the same room as the one with the bed in it, this door doesnt have the "big ass hole" the other one did, lol.
Now this pic reminds me again of Dachau...they had little windows like this door has...

I believe simply put that now isolation is when you are contagious, and that in "asylums" the correct term would be seclusion which islike being separated for behavioral safety. I think back when this place was in use, they still used the term isolation to mean being out of the general pop.
someone correct me gentlyif I am wrong, thanks.

in this condition, it looks so stark. seclusion was meant to be a place for them to calm down, to be for their own safety. Not to punish necessarily. Many of these photos really get me thinking...

(If anyone cares, I am an RN & have worked psych)

wow, even tho you described the size of the viewing window in the last shot, seeing it in this door puts it in perspective.

again, I echo what has been said...the shot and the wording are amazing! I get a sense of rue isolation here... not just isolated from the other patients, but inside myself...you are very very good at this!!

You said the place is still open...obviously not this building of it...but what are they going to do here? let it finish rotting? tear it down soon? How long has this part of the hospital been out of use?

photographically, this is a great shot. That being said, I gotta tell you my first impression of it:
A couple years ago I visited Dachau. The doors and the hallway brought that trip back to mind...
...sigh, but of course this pic is much brighter, it only brought a memory for a moment.

I dont know why, but this particular pic calls out...
it is my fav of the ones I have seen so far. What
did this room look like in its heyday?