Tattered Shades

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Very striking shot.. The autumn colors through the window remind me of waking from a nightmare..

Fri 06-24-2005

UNREAL....THIS WHOLE SITE.I LIVED IN DANVERS GROWING UP AND BEFORE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND BOARED UP WE WOULD SNEAK IN AND WALK AROUND OUTSIDE PEEKING IN WINDOWS AND THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.....HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN THERE?/ I WENT UP 2 YEARS AGO AND THE GAURD WAS GOING TO ARESST US....IT WAS BOARDED UP THEN DIDNT GET FAR. GREAT PIC

PIXZEE

Thu 08-11-2005

no effing way PIXEE u live there holy shit wow dude tell me more about the place plz my email is imstupidjess@yahoo.com and my aol is XLoStiNDaRkNeSs7 well hope to talk to ya soon

Totally psycho

Psycho with a Halo

beautiful shot. the colors of life outside contrasted with the blackness of the soul inside... like looking out of the eyes of the dead..

shayla

Tue 08-30-2005

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

Well put Shayla.

Hey, OMG I was just web surfing and I came to this site that had this same exact picture on it but outside it was made to look stormy. Did you know about it Motts? (www.gothicstyle.co.uk/gothic_wallpaper.php)

Chey

Fri 10-21-2005

By God, she's right! I pulled both pix and put them in my Photo Shop program, and they are the same pic.

Good eye, Chey!

Thank you Lynne

No, I didn't know about this... it's a shame that people will just download something you created, edit it and slap thier logo on top without a second thought.

Motts

Mon 10-24-2005

I have sent an email informing them of how appalled I am at this revolting exploit.

~Me

Mon 10-24-2005

good job ~me, being an supporter of Motts and his artwork, im emailing those idiots now.

AWYPER

Mon 10-24-2005

i was just on that site and the took down the picture

bdhsnake

Mon 10-24-2005

Yay Chey! Good on ya! :-)

Lynne

Tue 10-25-2005

Qui facit per alium facit per se.

~Me

Tue 10-25-2005

"He who acts through another is deemed in law to do it himself."

Lynne

Tue 10-25-2005

Anything done for another is done for oneself.
[Qui facit per alium facit per se.]
~Pope Boniface VIII

**Close Lynne, real close**

~Me

Tue 10-25-2005

We are looking out through the eyes of a former patient. The tormented mind, blackened and broken inside, the heavy lashes, the bleary wistfulness of 'out there'.

acuteward

Thu 10-27-2005

Yeah, they did take it down. Good job ~Me and Awyper.

wonderfully done

im so upset about this whole Danvers thing they tore it down

Ciara

Wed 04-05-2006

Wow...just...wow...This picture... is amazing!.. it seems so familiar to me for some reason.. like I've seen it before somewhere, very strange.. very beautiful..

Andrea

Mon 04-17-2006

There's such a contrast, the color from outside, and the bleakness of the indoors.

Trist'n

Wed 04-19-2006

The magnificent saddness of it all. It a take on being on the inside looking at the outside. The ying and the yan. Such a emotional photo from a master.

Johnny Mac

Wed 04-19-2006

See? Someone DID fall out, durn burn it! All that paperwork!!

potofjoe

Fri 04-28-2006

This picture sent a chill down my spine...It is beautiful but at the same time horrifying and sad.

Whitney Shelzo

Mon 05-22-2006

Thats a really pretty view

Ciara

Tue 07-18-2006

that is one scary shot.....but i love it anyway<3

<333

Fri 08-18-2006

Thank you for the pics fantastic pics of Danvers State Hospital......I still live here in the danvers area and I use to live down the street from Danvers State. I have always been facinated by its history and I still am. Looking at these pics help to imagine what it was like....I hate to see them tear it down. Unfortunate as it is....it is historic.

Denise

Tue 08-22-2006

Nice shot! It almost looks like the windows are a set of old eyes, looking out to the last remains of its tattered body.

kfb

Mon 10-30-2006

mr. motts thank you for bringing me here .

Tue 10-31-2006

This picture gives me chills.
I have just recently become obsessed with old, abandoned buildings and have visited quite a few sites and I gotta say, this site is incredible.

Frank

Tue 12-12-2006

of course it is creepy many people died there

Erin

Mon 12-25-2006

erin, many people have died everywhere , its not the dying, its the suffering , and what they did after they died,

Tue 12-26-2006

As I look further and further upon your stunningly awe-struken work, it saddens me. It creates a light state of depression. This building, like the patients that once roamed it's halls, has been abondoned, forgotten in some way, not able to tell the stories that it's walls held. Now it stands lonely and sad. [If it still stands]

Skid

Mon 01-22-2007

this place could have ghosts that are going to kill you with a heart attack

AlexAbreu145879

Sat 02-24-2007

Na, no ghosts, no such thing, but the building itself is magnifacent. Looking at it and knowing that so many lives passed there that were troubled in so many ways, the suffering, the pain. The beautiful building only gave them shelter and warmth. 1/3 of it, with a new interior, will still give warmth and shelter to people, but in a much happier invironment. There is one thing for certain; It will never be as magnifacent and beautiful as it was when Motts took these photos. See how some uncaring person has broken the window and window frame. So sad.

Little Dora

Thu 03-01-2007

Dora many ghost also have been sighted

tired eyes

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Date Shot:	November 2004	Image ID#:	1345
Date Posted:	Mon, November 22nd 2004	Camera:	Sony DSC-F707

Location Name:	Danvers State Hospital
Current Status:	Renovated
Built:	1874	Closed:	1992
Opened:	1878	Demolished / Renovated:	2006
Location Age:	138 years	Abandonment:	14 years

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