4,224 Comments for Northampton State Hospital

Thanks, Candace has done a few self portrait shoots but she's usually behind the camera. I'll have to ask her the last question when I see her.

Motts - These are absolutely incredible! The emotions you evoke in all of us are amazing! Candice is beautiful. Just curious, though, does she have any modeling experience, or did this come naturally to her? And what does she think about our reactions to her work?

Bri - I have used simple red food coloring in light corn syrup, it works very well. My guess is that's what Candace used. Under the brand name Karo syrup, you can get it in any grocery store in the syrup aisle.

Jo~
I love your description of it!

For me this is the
"I just want to crawl into a hole in the wall and die...but I can't find the hole."
Candace did a wonderful job posing in these pictures. With Motts photography you can feel her pain and feel great compassion for her.

sadness. hopelessness. regret. solitude. my heart hurts for her and all who have been lost. an angel with broken wings. a broken soul.

"Ivy League".... take that Harvard

Correction:

Thank you, Alex, for realizing that everybody in the facility where you were wasn't out to hurt you.

Couldn't have said it better, Alex. Take notes, nae-sayers ... that was comming from a former client. One of the "abused and tortured" masses according to 75% of the drive-by posters.

Thank you, Alex, for realizing that not everybody in the facility where you were wasn't out to hurt you.

I spent some time as a patient in a Psychiatric ward, and understandably, saw many things that really rocked my world. It was one of those cases where I was in crisis, and everything seemed evil and cold... In retrospect, the people in my particular ward acted pretty neutral to our situation, that is, they seldom talked or anything. Yeah, there was one really bad councilor, but he was really the only one I would lable as truly dispicable. I met a few very caring individulas that I will never forget. One of which was a nurse who totally changed my life when she was talking to me about Brian Wilson and how he came out of his mental problems. Just a few examples that psychiatric wards are just like school. You'll have a bad teacher every so often, but you'll also get very good ones who care.

Real mature John Smith :p

Thank you, Nancy for the kind words. : )
Every one of us feels pain and goes through our own trials in life.
For me personally, I learned that writing stories or poetry can sometimes ease that pain as well as honor happier times.
Had Motts not titled this one, "Cold", I don't know if it would have triggered my memory of this emotion.
That's why I enjoy seeing what Motts names his photos, and then lets them out into the world, and the rest of us can take it from there.
We all see his photos in a different light, because we all have lived such different lives.
I see an angel who looks like she's been to hell and back.
Her gown is stained and torn.
How did that happen to her?
What led her on her journey that brought her here?
But still...there is something about the emotions on her face that portray a fighter. Who will not give up. She has to look inward to survive this hell.
Through all this I can see she has a glimmer of hope.
She reminds me of the saying,
"If you're going through Hell...keep going!"

Night prayer of the fallen angel.
"Oh God, tuck me in tonight.
But please not too tight.
For there may be dreams and demons I have to fight.
Til the dawn kisses me awake with her morning light."

Thanks for answering, Motts!
Very interesting!
I am amazed that with all the work that you put into this site. The researching and the traveling to these locations. Taking the pictures and posting them along with their histories. On top of all that, you are still able to find the time to respond to the questions we ask.
May you still have that time when you become rich and famous! : )
Your captions of your photos and the comments by the others on here to them, are like the dessert and night cap to a gourmet meal.
Although...I STILL always leave your table hungry for more!!!
(I promise, I will not put any pressure on you and mention Europe. I just couldn't do that to you : )
So, I'll just have to view the teaser pictures that you have tempted us of it so far on here, as the appitizers to a seven course meal.
Once again, EXCELLENT!
I'm grateful that you are open 24 hours a day for I plan to be dining here quite often! : )

it looks like she neeed to go to bathroom lol