4,224 Comments for Northampton State Hospital

you know, i never saw your site until now. i have my pics here with me when i came across this one... i have the excat same picture at a slightly different angle :o)

i was there recently... (10/05) and that lovely tray is filled with more rust water... the morgue is so beyond trashed and there are no more viles and beakers... so sad

Didn't read all the comments...

Red was used to signify the most mentally deranged of patients until they later found out that red induces violence... They even used red straight jackets for the most extreme cases... When it was discovered that red infact induced violence they immediately stopped the use of it.

Looks like it could be some old glass IV bottles. Way back in the day, those things rocked.

Shannon, are you a therapist?

Autism (formerly childhood onset schizophrenia) can entail obsessional behavior - sometimes relating to calendars and dates. This is heartbreaking to me as I know 2 children who obsess this way.

I think I might want a print of this for when I'm wondering if I'm actually helping anyone - but it hurts too....

Shannon Anderson

I was thinking that the baseboards are for wheeled things. If you got too close to a wall, you'd slide back to the middle before you actually bumped the wall.

Too true! One year we had a house built and ours was the first one done in the neighborhood. Two adjacent neighborhoods were being built at the same time, and after we moved in we would stroll through all three neighborhoods most evenings and look at the progress. For some reason the construction companies were too damn cheap to put up Port-A-Potties, so the hygiene habits of the construction workers were fairly obvious to anyone who 'splored. :-)

I used to do trim work on houses. That tub reminds me of the...goo...that would be left behind in the tubs before the houses were finished. Just so you know, folks, if you buy a new house, your tub looks exactly like that during the building process. ;) This one is actually probably cleaner. I'd say old rainwater, plaster and sheetrock. I got to lay baseboard in bathrooms with tubs full of urine and feces from construction workers, hah.

I have never enjoyed photos on any site as much as these. Mr. Motts, you are a creative genius!

lynne, you are correct, as usual.

~actual quote by motts~
"Thank you for the critical comments, I always take them into consideration and look forward to reading any well founded opinion."

but there is a difference between polite/constructive criticism and using criticism as a means to insult and taunt (with what borders on senseless babble, i might add) people and ideas one might be unwilling to, of incapable of, understanding. those with such a low empathy rating, imo, are mildly amusing, at best, but then again, perhaps these pictures hit kevin a little too close to home and this is the only way he knows how to lash out. you never know....

I am positive that Motts doesn't mind constructive criticism. If kevin has anything intelligent or helpful to say I am sure it would be appreciated. Going onto someone else's site and making cheap shots for no observable reason is a little childish, but then I am sure we are all recognizing that fairly clearly. :-)

I think Motts should delete all of the jackasses posts. I can understand opposing points of view, but you dont have to be insulting , and make yourself look like a moron, which you have done quite well kevin.

True Kevin, it means a straight on approach.. when refering to a subject being filmed. This comes from the design of a proscenium stage. However, it is a malapropism to use it when talking about photography.

Since we all know what trouble you have with big words I did the leg work for you:

http://www.answers.com/malapropism&r=67

jackass

Well I do believe proscenium can also mean a direct or "straight on" approach to a subject, i.e. Wes Anderson. But I suppose dictionary.com didn't go to film school.