THE GUY SEEMS TO BE IN VERY OLD CLOTHES LIKE 1950 STYLE. IF ITS A CLOSED SITE WOULD HE HAVE HAD TO WEAR HIGH VIS GEAR AND HARD HAT?

A book? A sure-fire hit!! I'd buy one for myself and several for gifts. Pleeeeezzzzz, Motts!

Phenomenal to think many of these places were pitch black and you had to light what little you could, not even seeing all of it, and still making something so beautiful in each shot and out of someplace so sad. Better than the restof us can do in broad daylight , hot equipment and every advantage. Every advantage, that is, except your genius.

Something's been rattling around in the back of my mind as I look at all these eerily beautiful pix, like I've seen this before -- you know, like one of those dreams but you're not sure if it was a dream or real? -- and seeing this one's ethereal ruined splendor, I know what it is: it reminds me reallly strongly of photos of the interior of the sunken Titanic!

God, Mr. Motts -- you are a total, total genius.

I agree, Twug. I think the answer is directly related to the horsepower between their ears: have you ever noticed that NOT ONE OF THEM can ever spell worth a damn???

These photos are visual poetry.

Bravo again! Great photography! And I'm blown away by the effort and care put into making this building beautiful for those who had to live there. There are so many gorgeous architectural details -- and it certainly would have been cheaper, easier and faster NOT to have bothered with all that. How wonderful they cared enough to go to the trouble. Doesn't this one look llike it could be a part of an Elizabethan maoor house if you just cover the roof with your hand? Amazing!

BEAUTIFUL!!! You are a very gifted photographer.! I went to Smith and I went thru the grounds in 2000 (the weekend of the wonderful "festival", when the whole hospital was wired and playing Bach out of every window. Literally unbelievably moving) and again in 2003. My pix didn't turn out anything like these! What a gift to all of us who love it to have these scenes preserved for all time. Thank you.