1,244 Comments for Central Islip State Hospital

How if were different were treated like animals, caged in and tested to better help the normal.
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I dont htink the clown is scary atall. Ive never been scared of clowns! But then ive never seen IT the clown, and many people have!
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All this peeling paint reminds me of Silent Hill, when the sirens would go off and everything would start to peel and float away. OMG its scary!
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eep!
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love the composition - perfectly balanced
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"We all float down here..."

Thank you for the tour, and for doing what you do!
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I remember a picture I saw in an encyclopedia when I was a kid. It was a (self?) portrait of a woman in an institution like this one. That picture scared the crap out of me. And this one taps right into that fear. Awesome work as always, Sir.
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"snacks... dinner... medications..."

wow
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The sunlight on the wall gives this a kind of immediacy for me - very intimate & sad. Nice work.
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The sameness of all the rectangular rooms may cause insanity (hope the patients have never seen it).
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Your titles are almost as good as your photographs..
clowns are scary, why do they always have them in mental hospitals? to scare the shit out of the patients? if so, that must be the bathroom.
great eyes, great hair, no mouth.......... hmmmmmmmmmmmm....... a pciture tells a thousand words
the green chairs are for the aliens
amazing colors, always great pictures motts