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Deinstitutionalization
An unconventional look at the states forgotten mental facilities, sanatoriums, and other random abandonments.
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This will be my last week in New Orleans, I leave Tuesday!
So if anyone from here wants to get together and do a couple more places that I have up my sleeves, message me!
This is from last week in downtown New Orleans.
Also I now take major credit cards via Etsy, so buy some prints!!
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Id like to break 200 followers, so if you like/reblog this, do ittttttt.
You should do it for the sole reason that Im editing these at a bar….
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Abandoned 3000+ theater built in 1927, closed ever since Hurricane Katrina.
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From an amazing day with some friends from back up north.
This area has more than 5+ abandoned theaters, getting in was fun. It smelled liked dead animals and piss, but it was well worth it. Forgot my tripod but good thing they left some construction lights insid
From a recent trip to an abandoned Amusement Park in the Bayou of Louisiana.
First time I went where it wasnt completely disgusting and rainy out, the detail in the sky was amazing.
Also this time we chose to just drive right in and parked right next to the log flume. So much easier than walking 3 miles to get there and parking in the shadiest housing complex ever…
Rarely do I reblog, but her work is amazing and you should definitely follow her .
Check out the awesome and well deserved write-up she got on www.reallycoolwomen.tumblr.com
Really Cool Woman #7
Cari Ann Wayman
I first discovered Wayman’s photography after finding myself intrigued by the artwork for Los Campesinos!’ album, ‘Romance Is Boring’. I discovered that not only is she responsible for the beautiful shot of those bleeding shins that makes up the front cover, but also the double-fold images in the vinyl of ‘RIB’ and other shots used for their singles and an EP. - so evocative of the band’s sound and their lyrical themes.Her distinctive sepia-tinged self portraits, often showing a lone figure in various abandoned locations have a sense of disillusioned Americana, there’s almost an ironic patriotism about photos like this one. The abandoned house, left with posessions, letters and photos of its former inhabitants, speaks volumes about American history, yet there Wayman sits, proudly grapsing a gun.
Her work is mostly focused on self-portraits but it’s never narcissitc, and the various characters displayed in these are always captivating; the lolita-esque clothing/expressions and the broken buildings. We’re given a window into her world, but through a lens that gives everything a fairy-tale allure - even the broken houses and dead animals.
Wayman herself seems just as intriguing and elusive as her photography suggests; she says she didn’t speak until the age of 12 and in (rare) interviews reveals a strong dislike of social situations. Her photography is undeniably beautiful, it implies a life of wandering, freedom and art - the kind that tumblr tends to idealise, but shows a true talent, and is inspiring to many. Of course, we all wish we could take photos of beautiful things for a living, and whilst I know I’d be terrible at that, the availability, quantity and immediacy of Wayman’s work lets us pretend for a while that we could do that too.
