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Diamond Eyes

These doors had so much character, I thought they needed to be put in a series.
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Fascinating! I like it!
Lynne
Tue 09-13-2005
I quite adore the level of corrosion on this door.
Kassie
Tue 09-13-2005
Fabulous idea Motts ~~ I like the different colours you can see through each of the peep holes.
Jude
Thu 09-15-2005
ALL OF THE LITTLE SLOTTS IN THE DIAMONDS ARE DIFFERENT, SOME SMALL, SOME BIG...
JAVA
Fri 09-16-2005
It's like they're watching you... o.O
derelict sensation
Sat 09-17-2005
those are pretty narrow spaces
Lola
Thu 10-20-2005
thinking those diamonds were for speaking through--to narrow/difficult to look through, i think.
woodwytch
Mon 10-24-2005
That red blotch on the first door instantly made me think "palm-print"... Found this site yesterday, and have just added it to my favourites, truly a fascinating site you have mr. Motts...
Kim A. Bøe
Mon 11-07-2005
Could the "S" after the number stand for Seclusion?
Emily
Mon 11-21-2005
THIS SITE IS SICK WIT IT AND I LOVE SEEING THE PICTURES THANKS YOU CAN EMAIL ME
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TONY MILLER
Mon 11-28-2005
It looks like my old school locker room !!

Can you imagine looking at that shot when it had real people pearing through the slots !!!
Pete
Tue 12-06-2005
I love these things!
freek
Wed 02-15-2006
brillante
ariel diaz
Mon 04-10-2006
This may seem "wonderful" but I couldn't imagine being behind that door.
Nancy
Wed 06-21-2006
The "S" after the room # likely stands for "Solitary."
Laura G.
Sun 08-20-2006
These little diamond-shaped windows give me the creeps, moreso than any of the observation windows in other hospitals featured on the site.

Was Northampton the only hospital to use this style of observation windows, or did other hospitals have them too? They don't seem like they'd be very useful; you probably couldn't see much through them, and I would think you wouldn't be able to see every part of the room either.
Amy
Thu 08-24-2006
They have them where I work, in the old section of campus.
Lynne
Thu 08-24-2006
I never knew that some old, rusted doors could be so beautiful.
Amie
Wed 11-08-2006
i see someone in there
katie
Tue 11-14-2006
i see a face in 114s had to look twice but then i saw the eye at the top of the diamond ........now im gonna have nightmares lol
sande
Tue 11-14-2006
High '5' handprints anyone?
AB
Fri 04-06-2007
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Hallucinator
Sat 02-09-2008
Hallucinator that is creepy cool. Motts, did you enhance the blood on those? Very disturbing, to say the least.
claustrophobic
Sun 03-16-2008
I think the "S" after the room number stands for "south."
dme
Mon 10-13-2008
They look like finger and hand prints.
Like observers long gone...
Me
Sat 08-01-2009
They do look like hand prints on some of them... i wonder thou, i wonder if these patients left their hand prints to say i was here and this is my story?
Beauitful shots Motts
Goo
Mon 08-10-2009
1055 definitely a hand print
wolf
Sat 08-22-2009
Mr. Motts, good call, LOVE this series! What cool 'eyes'!!

wolf, 105S really does look like a hand print. Kinda creepy...
Kathy W.
Sat 11-28-2009
They remind me of beat up cyclopes.
Steve
Sat 10-09-2010

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