Asylums

[Dubbed Navigator]

Asylums are really my bag, but when I started exploring, there were only a handful left in the UK. Now they are essentially gone, I think its good to look back on the best pictures.

This should be limited to one per user, with the picture that attracts the most reputation gaining a spot as our website logo for a week.

Mine is a day room in West park, where I had a chilled out lunch.

 

[The_Raw]

Found this room so photogenic, as if untouched for 20 years or something. 

 

[Andy]

I haven't t selected a "typical photo" from an asylum, with beds, chairs or something similar. Instead, a picture of a decayed corridor with doors, on the upper floor of the Ex Manicomio di Volterra / Asilo dei Dementi in Italy (opened in 1884, closed in 1978). I took this picture in 2012.

 

[prettypeculiar]

my very first location on my very first UK trip and also my first encounter with a madman, who turned out to be the self proclaimed ' caretaker' of these buildings

I don't really call ' bricking up a wall out of dig turds  on the  window sink'  as 'taking care' but hey, maybe the comon uses are different accross the channel???

ended up in some kind of car chase with the guy too

so, here it is :

Schisms 

 

[franconiangirl]

A small collection from me. 

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[jerichoh]

Salve Mater. Unfortunately without the curtains

 

[jerichoh]

Nice perspective 

Thanks ?