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The White Door

The White Door

The crate in the doorway held some refuse.
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This shot provokes such a feeling of lonelyness
Kadee
Sat 07-01-2006
I'll agree to that. It makes me feel really isolated.
Rebecca
Sun 07-02-2006
Its a good picture it looks like you were sitting in the corner all alone its thought provoking lol
me44
Sun 07-02-2006
I think they're crates, too, but are you sure those aren't cribs (probably not because they look so old and the place was operating in 1994)?

Many of these big adult institutions had nurseries, most of which were just to care for patient's babies before shipping them out for adoption, others were viewed as a means of therapy. (Believe it or not, caring for unwanted babies has been found to do wonders for both institutionalized mentally retarded women and for the children themselves).
JJ
Sun 07-02-2006
They're too low to be cribs, if anything to do with babies they would be playpens.
jo
Sun 07-02-2006
Just a door opening into nothingness. I love it.
Sylvie
Sun 07-02-2006
I thought they looked like cribs too at first and that grey mass inside looked like a person but maybe its just mu imagination thats running wild:P
Walik
Tue 07-04-2006
I agree with Walik... i thought it was a person or something in the crib/crate/playpen thing.
Nel
Tue 07-04-2006
Maybe these "crates" were actually to throw the laundry into (see the divider in this one).

This reminds me of Return to OZ, where Dorothy runs away from the asylum and falls into the water. She gets into a similar "crate" except I think they call it a corn crib.
reddll
Wed 07-05-2006
Is this the same crate from the B&W shot a couple pictures back? Did you move that one to this location or is it a different crate?
invisiblechick83
Tue 07-11-2006
It is a different crate.
Motts
Tue 07-11-2006
it's cool how you can't see anything through the door, nothing but blackness
jam3996
Sat 08-05-2006
I love how the window was actualy opened with care rather than being smashed in. It gives the picture a whole new feeling. Also its gross that somone actualy took a crap in there... at least they opened the window to let the smell out.
Tom
Mon 08-21-2006
im sorry but that again does not look like a crate the slats are too far away im sticking with my theory its playpen for a baby!
Darice
Thu 09-14-2006
Laundry cart. Having seen them evil wheely things close up they're too "industrial" for a playpen...
Alex
Sun 09-24-2006
Gotta be a laundry crate .......the staff nursury was down the drive in another house ....sorry guys.lol
Juicy Fruit
Mon 11-13-2006
It loooks eerily like a crib.
O_O
Zara
Wed 10-22-2008
It's a really sad place. I went there yesterday. My sister went as a child as our step mum worked there. They were very cruel to some of the patients. So sad...
Polly
Mon 03-09-2009
You are able to photograph nothing but a *door* in such an impressive way. I´m photographing too, but that is something I´d never been able to yet.
Violet
Tue 02-01-2011

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