Monday, May 4, 2009

Take only pictures

Abandoned places fascinate me.

A couple of months back a friend found an abandoned house outside of Dallas and took a few pictures. A few weeks later, I took a couple of friends to the site and we spent two hours exploring it's cracks and crevices. I took more than 250 pictures.

From painted doors to unusual lamps, a talon of some sort and even a bat hanging out in a corner, the place was completely enthralling.

We took lamps, notebooks and the camera. We barely touched anything, we wanted to see what story the place would tell us by looking around. Every time thought we'd seen everything, someone would find something that that had been overlooked. Then we discovered tons that we missed going through the photos.

We have our own ideas about the people that once inhabited the place, but I welcome you to check out some of the photos and draw your own conclusions. I'm certain there are other locals out there doing this sort of exploration. I would love to talk to you for a story in Salem Monthly.

Shoot me an e-mail, if you're interested.


2 comments:

AMY said...

Hey, where'd this project go? Anywhere?

Mrs. Patterson said...

Wow. These pictures are amazing. Do you know how long the home has been abandoned?