Take a Photo – Make a Picture
Urban Exploration
About two years ago, on the way home from vacation, we stopped at an old sanatorium in the Swiss mountains. I started several times to work with the pictures – but was never satisfied with the outcome: we had blue sky without any hint of
If a bath tub has more electrical controls than your car… and you always got told that water and electricity are a bad match… one starts to wonder if this could have been used rather for torture than healing.
Somewhere in Germany there is an old health clinic – let’s call it “Kurklinik Sylvia”. For the clinic got closed in 1997 (by what I found), it’s in a surprising good condition. Once used for rehabilitation and wellness, many bath tubs and other equipment still
Work is done, the water gone… time for a beer!
In the old foundry, most of the machines standing around during during our last visit are gone. What remains is emptiness and a thick layer of dust…
In the dark basement of the old foundry, a long lavatory stands in front of the showers and lockers. Washing after work was needed – after just a few hours of exploring I was all black. And that from an abandoned factory without work in
Below the old foundry, in the locker room, a phone hangs on the wall. Ready for a call “Shift is over – I’m coming home!”. A picture form the 2nd visit on last Saturday.
Last weekend we finally went to visit the Château Banana in France. Even if it is a unique piece for urbexing it gives mixed feelings – rather like an exhibition than a discovery: half of the rooms are staged for photo shoots while others are…
Under the roof of the Clinique du Diable… all is dark except of one tiny window that lets a little light in. In the spooky attic some silver shiny pipes emerge from the floor and disappear in walls…
Whoever played the piano last must have given quite a show.