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Rusting Tubs

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That's almost beautiful.
A gloriously chaotic swarm of technicolor wreckage,
scattered in non-linear yet eerily logical patterns of decay. Nice shot, Motts!
Very chaotic, great color/texture mix.
Wow friggin WOW!

Awesome capture, I could walk right into this one.
Love the small ray of light coming from the right.

Sweet shot!
Holy hell the colours are fabulous, great shot Motts!
That reminds me, I need to clean the bathroom...
Has anyone ever played Bioshock on the xbox?....
Wow, the colors and textures!!!!
Hmm....Reminds me fof the HydroTherapy room featured in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest....Beautiful. And as for the Bioshock comment, YES! It's an awsome game.
wow! what a mess, compared to the other picture of the clean tub in this gallery!!! i do like the combo of colors.
I think part of the chaos comes from the asbestos abatement work. They removed parts of the walls to get to the insulated pipes, it seems to me.
... this gives me the hebby jebbies....
Holy crap that is messed up!
the colors are realy cool, but for some reeason it grosses me out. thats a compliment Mr. Motts, your art makes us feel what we see! THANK YOU!!
i agree the colors and textures are outstanding. I love this photo.
That's the most colorful, chaotic decay I believe I've ever seen. Again, only you can put together a photo like this one! It's fabulous....
What a great shot. I can just imagine the patients soaking in the tub filled with ice water.
Jeebers, what is this bizarre, morbid fascination with ice in the bath water, people? Look at your basic physiology - you can't survive more than a VERY short time (under an hour) in a bathtub full of iced water. It would kill you. Any water that is below body temperature FEELS cold, even room temperature water, so when people talked about being in "ice cold water" for long periods of time they could NOT mean it literally - it's a perceptual issue - it feels cold in comparison - you can't really be in ice water for more than a few minutes or you would die - sorry - ack! - not real life - TV - movie - fantasy - fiction - pretend . . . . . . . . . .

[thump thump thump]
Awesome picture! the colors really make this stand out., and I wonder what happened to that wall.

It also kinda reminds me of the game condemned.
Tetanus shots, anyone?
You go Lynne!

But why are there 2 different tubs? Hmm...
why, to bathe more than one person!
wow, it's so colorful.....i love it......
Anyone for a bath!!!!!
wow.... the balance of the color and the different textures are sooo sweet....
Wow.
Very real looking picture!!
I wonder how long ago someone took a bath in there?
Gentlemen, start your stoppers! Welcome to race day folks........
This is what happens when you leave the water running in the tub and forget about it.
Also, for one tub being higher up, it'd be easier to assist one whom needed assistance in thier bathing experience, to save nurses backs.
most hydrotherapy treatments involved warm water and being soaked for a few hours while wrapped in sheets to calm the patients. there really wouldent be a reason to be soaked in ice water i feel like that would make patients more violent.
wow. we have green tiles like that in our bathroom. great shot.
Interesting tile work. Look at the different lines along the far wall. Hard to tell if they're caused by odd lighting or if it's from the geometry of the wall. Excellent photo. Something about the loneliness and chaos of decay, or the ghostly quality of abandonment... I can't get enough of this type of photography
It kind of reminds me of the shaving scene is Girl, Interrupted.
Hey Daniel ! since you have a thing about tubs i reserved this room for you, WHY, your comments are especially heinous! hahaha
hahahha LucieLou! Our friend Daniel has a thing about suicide too......
Who wants to take a soothing bath in the mental ward? :)
This room is just chaos for the senses! It gives me a headache looking at it because I don't know what to focus on first! :)

GREAT shot Motts!!!!
homeless shelter???
lace me up
Someone needs to clean their bathroom!!!!!

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