Over the weekend my buds and I made plans to wake up early and explore an abandoned hospital. Waking up at 4:45 am is never really all that fun but I can definitely make exceptions when it comes to this stuff. Jeff and I had actually checked out the hospital a week or two prior, popping inside briefly to take some photos. We spent less than an hour and left feeling like we hadn’t seen even a portion of the building. It’s certainly not the largest abandoned hospital I’ve been in. Most of the equipment, furniture, and other odds and ends from inside have already been removed. Still, there is so much to see.
On my second trip there, I shot haphazardly never once actually setting up my tripod. For some reason I wasn’t feeling it. I guess I just didn’t see anything that was begging to be photographed despite the fact I had wanted so badly to get back to this hospital.
It was kind of a surprise when I got home, sorted my photos and ended up finding so many that I really really liked. The only problem was that my normal editing process, which is extremely simple and quick, wasn’t working. The shots were great but my editing wasn’t doing them justice.
I decided to just throw caution to the wind. I began fooling around with different looks and eventually ended up with what you see here. These are so far from my regular editing style yet I’m completely in love. This building is absolutely wrecked. It’s soggy. Scrappers have stolen any and everything of value. There’s no saving it now, especially in the neighborhood its in. I feel like these photos really convey that. They definitely give you a glimpse of just how grimy it is inside.
If you haven’t gotten your fill of dilapidated buildings – check out the tag “abandoned” for more posts!
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ooh hospitals are so creepy–that last photo in particular is super weird. Great stuff!
Thanks, Shannon! 🙂
These photos are amazing!! I hope we get to a hospital together soon (that sounds strange, but you know what I mean haha).
Hahah! Me too!
LOVE your abandoned posts and being able to live vicariously through your beautiful images.
Thank you so much, Joan! So happy to hear you love them! 🙂
The one with the crumpled blinds is my favorite. Was it spooky at all? There was an abandoned hospital over by my house for the longest that I wanted to explore. But then developers got ahold of it and are turning it into some luxury hotel. *eyeroll*
Not really. The only thing I thought was a little spooky was in the basement. We found this little tiny pitch black hallway. It ended up being for the ventilation but until I realize that I was like “oh my gossssh, what could this even be used for!?!”
I love how dark and gloomy these photos are. Beautiful shots!
Thanks, Chelsea! 🙂
I love your urbexing posts, they make me want to do it myself again! I especially love your picture of the stairwell and that adorable house border in the last one!
Thanks so much! 🙂
This is actually really neat! I wish I wasn’t so afraid to go to the abandoned places around me. They’re not in such great neighborhoods. 🙁
Yeah, they’re very very rarely in nice neighborhoods.
Definitely not a bad thing to be afraid, just your gut warning you its a stupid idea. There is always risk going in.
Looks like scenes from the Walking Dead.
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