1,846 Comments for Linton State Hospital

That table would be cold on a person's bare butt.. lol

This photo reminds me of when Tom Hanks sank down through the floor in 'The Money Pit'

Iv'e washed patients in these recently, except they were metal. They wre adult cerebral palsy patients who were contracted enough in the foetal position to be lifted up like babies.

One would hope there would have been a changing/clothing bench nearby.

Having a crappy lower back and mild scoliosis, I find being stretched by my chiro and physio relaxing and brilliant. Imagine if you were all contracted up with tight, fibrosed muscles and someone stretched your limbs out and maybe ?massaged them as well. Even if it was such a scary looking piece of equipment, I reckon it would be beautiful to stretch.

I would have LOVED a camera when I gave birth, although admittedly, I had a caesarian (after 26 hours of bulls**t).

Mott, you may empathise here.
When one has a caesarian section, the baby's head(only) is lifted out and the mouth and nose cleared. The baby's neck is flush with the mum's abdominal wall. I reckon it would be a fantastic picture. With all staff out of the frame, it would almost be akin to the alien coming out of the stomach at brekkie scene. Especially if the baby opened its mouth and cried.

Even after 26 hours of labour, this thought was going through my mind as my daughter was being cut out. All I could think was disappointment at not getting the once in a lifetime shot. Guess that makes me a bit of a photographer doesn't it?

Was probably an operating theatre.

DEWEY_from the ward, Psych rooms at the nearest uni to me have exactly the same walls today. It's called cheap.

The footprints are disturbing because it lets you know that REAL people once trod there.

Actually, it's stamped "made in USA"

Actually, if you look into any super modern baby incubator/humidicrib, you will find the exact same plastic slab, albeit tiny.

Don't forgot, there would have been a thin mattress and linen on top of the slab.

Don't know if this is an urban myth, but I have heard that in third world countries, if you cannot breathe for whatever reason, you can be intubated by the doctor at the hospital, but there may not be enough ventilator machines available at the time.

The way you survive is for family members to all take turns bagging you (inflating your lungs for you like you see on E.R. and others).

Wouldn't pay to not be liked in your family, or be very, very rich or have an uncle who falls asleep easily.

Mott, I started looking at your photos for grungy photoshop backgrounds for personal projects.

2 points: 1st, they may be 'just photos' but they sure get people talking. Freaked out, immature, intelligent, from experience, sensible or just angry and ranting, your photos bring about great social debate, one way or the other.

2nd, Did anybody notice the difference in their gut reactions between looking at Mott's photos with their distance of time and lack of person - and Henry's photos with people actually in these machines?

What if (hypothetically) all of Mott's photos of morgues, mental institution wards, theatres, nurses station, labs etc had the original people in them. If 'empty' photos bring us such strong emtional responses, imagine the reality of it all. (does all that make sense, it's getting late.....

Amy, Having coloured lungs would also help the nurses not get the patients mixed up.

Why is it claustrophobic when your head's outside? It's not like your whole body is immersed/encased.