This weekend we made a trip fairly far afield. After seeing a contacts images of this location I was keen to go and check it out. We heard that it was due for demo, so I decided that better go sooner rather than later, otherwise I’d only kick myself afterwords for missing such a treat. We had four or five locations lined up, all with varying degrees of intel / access / snooping locals. This was my prime target.
Entry took a small amount of time to find. We must remember to look both down as well as up for access at all locations, especially the older ones. Torches at the ready we ventured into the cellars and found a way in.
This was the shot that I went for – I knew that there was an organ in house, so was keen to find it. As there were two of us we split up. I took the upper floors, Viveca the lower. It works well like this both able to get on with our own thing whilst not disturbing the other, getting in the way etc. It also helps with original images, we don’t line up and see what the other is doing and copy the shot.
This is by far the most rotten location I have been to – there are floors missing, and floors on the verge of being missing. From the kitchen, the view stretched three floors to the roof – there will be more of this during the week.
I wanted to process this with a vintage feel, a sort of faded seventies look. I’m not really sure that I’ve pulled it off how I had initially imagined, but I really like how the processing has come out. I’ve also used a faint overlay of the wall from one of the other rooms to give a bit of a dirty textured feel.
Mark, what a wonderful excursion you took us on this morning! I LOVE the image! One of my favorite’s from your studio (I know, I say that sometimes, but hey! it’s true!!) I just love the vintage effect you’ve pulled off. What a great blog too! Please be careful on these adventures, it sounds so dangerous!
Really nice shot Mark – the texture is out of this world!
It feels pretty vintage to me. I love both items in the image even though they are completely different and look pretty uncomfortable together, they are very quaint in doing so.
Great shot! Do they demolish these with the furniture and the organ inside still?
I think this has turned out rather well. The vintage look you’ve aimed for certainly comes across and the texture is a nice touch too. Nice one. 🙂
As you know, I kow this location well. A great shot of a truly unique object, you don’t often see these in derelicts. And I have to say that the vintage look works for me. Glad you found this place 🙂