re to Lynne:
As i said before you are right. I'm not a ghost hunter and i don't see haunted things on every corner. I'm here cause i love photography and i have a deep respect about the people who lived in those places. I'm italian, but my wife is from NJ and her father died of cancer on 2000 after pain and sufferings and she has been always by his side till the end, she took care of him at home alone, i know what it means. This is just to bring some light on my thoughts. Other than this, i love to enjoy these wonderful pics. :-)

There are several ways to look at a picture. Art or reality. Looking at that picture with an art eye i have different feelings than looking just as a reportage on a newspaper. That's the difference. Lynne you are right, but it's beautiful to let ourself go on the wings of fantasy given by a picture. Otherwise it'd better to take a look to a medical enciclopedia, with no emotions or feelings. Of course we also have to know what's fantasy and what's reality :-)

This is not the first time i see an abandoned piano in these places. I wonder why they didn't sell it or better why they didn't give it to someone of the employees, it would have been better than leaving it there to rot... :-(

I think even if that room was colored like a rainbow, with poster and stuff it'd be still sad, it's not the place, but who was in there that makes it sad. Walls, rooms etc. are soaked with the sadness left there by the residents.

Great shot, not a place for easy impressionable people, if you let your mind go when you're in those places you could lose your brain and the touch with reality...

Hi Mr. Motts great shot(s). I was wondering: did you ever try to take some pics with a film camera? I'd be curious to see if using film could make different colors or different sensations.
Congratulations for all your amazing and talented pictures, i really like them all and i think as u just said that there are no softwares to turn a bad picture into a great picture. Your brain and your eyes make the difference and the way you cut the scene when you are about to shot and you picture the result in your mind to imagine how the pic will come out.
Never stop doing this!