1,337 Comments for Middletown State Hospital

why, this is amazing people, we are looking at a physical impossibility !!!!!!!!! hmm, i think someone might just be a lil jealous of Motts . I wonder who it could be, hmmmmmmm...

This digital "photograph" is a physical impossibility. I believe only a man like Ansel Adams could achieve a depth of field that deep, and he didn't use photoshop.

You don't need to self-publish. You just need to get a proposal together and snag a good agent to do the schmoozing for you. A lot of your photos are similar to the Simon Marsden shots I'm lucky enough to get as covers for some of my novels.

Definitely an exhibit is in order, too.

Wow. I have to agree. A book of these prints is a must. The world is not yet complete without these!

I'm in awe and I can't sstop browsing this site. It is in my favourites.

You should also think about exhibiting. a small cube room, large matte finish black and white prints, very little lighting.....perfect.

I would absolutely buy a book if there was one--same with prints. The pics are fantastic! If you're keeping a mailing list to inform people of the availability of such things, please add me: rat (at) dragonwriter (dot) net. Thanks!

I worked with many of "these" types of people. Most of them were extremely loving, and became like part of my family, or were really good friends. A very small percentage were violent and intimidating, but don't you have that in any population? And, Dr. D. Motts couldn't publish just ONE book, there are too many incredible photographic opportunities to choose from. I'm thinking at least four or five books!

These are porches for smoking...a very common activity among the mentally ill who are hospitalized long term. Having porches for this reason theoretically kept patients from smoking in the wards or in bed. Keep in mind that when these hospitals were built, the common thinking was that "these people" (as Giovanna called them) were not supposed to have freedom. Unfortunately, that belief persists today as I can see from many of these posts. To be "freaked out" by people you have never met is very immature indeed. I hate to break it to you but practically everyone who has posted here very likely knows someone with a mental illness, whether or not that person has admitted it to you.

Beautiful work, Motts. Sign me up for a copy of your book when it's published.

AWESOME site, Mr. Motts! Please, please keep up the great work (and be careful!). How about producing a DVD, complete with 'matching' soundtrack? I think that would tend to take the viewer along with you through these beautiful places.
BTW, I've placed a link to your amazing website on my homepage
( http://phiftybuick.tripod.com )
...hope you don't mind.

A book? A sure-fire hit!! I'd buy one for myself and several for gifts. Pleeeeezzzzz, Motts!

These are used not only for the comfort of a resident but for their safety. When a resident movies around too much in a regular wheel chair or slides out of one too often they'll put them in a geri chair and the height and depth of it will keep them back far enough they can't slide out any longer but can still move around.

That's an awesome idea as you do have a talent but you should also add history of the places you go.

AngelWolf13, you can email me anytime - motts at opacity.us

this is my first post... a bit behind on this shot but, given the particular nature of the photographs, not at all out of character, i suppose. first of all, motts, excellent, excellent work, not just the fine way you work your medium, but the haunting spirit you invoke as well. here, the clarity of the foreground, whilst keeping the focus on the background is intriguing as well as impressive. 2 exposures, perhaps? in any case, please keep up the great work!

motts, is there any way i can e-mail you? there is something i want to send you and also talk to you about, if it's ok with you....

thank you!

Does anyone else see a hand in the top left corner of the picture, in white?

I was a bit freaked by the girls face in door #1, but if you look between door #2 and #3 and look at the brown spot on the at the lower part of the white part of the wall, and follow it down into that faded area... if looks almost like someone being tortured on the wall... now thats creepy.