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fuck l hope you guys found them in there!...
Muahaha... axes are so brutally evil!
Looks like you know how to handle them pretty well. great shot.
This picture and the other one of you with the axes are...so wonderfully evil looking...=)
I had coffee in my mouth!

That is such a cool shot. It would make a great greeting card.
Or it could be the first page of Motts' N-E-E-E-W coffee table book. "The Macabre Photography of the Iron Fist", Volume One. Oh, well, I can dream. As soon as one of us hits the lottery (if rich people who already have the money don't, that is), we should fund Motts's books. *hint* *hint* *hint*
Attractive :P
Great shot!! If that was me, I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. LOL
I think one of Mr. Motts' mottos is "Never let them see you smile."
Master Motts threatens us to stay on his website with those.
Or is it he is trying to drive us away from munching on his bandwidth anymore than we usually do?? Nahhh ... that can't be it. Can it?
I think he's saying "Stay away from MY Craftmatic Bed", maybe he's the new spokesperson....
Mr. Motts don't need to threaten any of us to stay, Admit it, we are all Opacity junkies...... ;-) (am I wrong??)
Wow! Motts is awfully possessive of his hospital bed, isn't he? Ed, I am not a junkie!!! I prefer the milder term of "Freaking Obsessed". Junkies are completely hooked. I can break away anytime I want to......and I've got a woolly mammoth in a corral in my backyard I want to sell....
Well if you were Master Motts would you be protective of your bed? I know I would! Yeah I'm with Twug, I can break anytime I want to. Infact im in school right about now. It's helping me with....Earth Science. Chyeah that's right Master Motts is helping me study the solar system.
He's protecting his photos. If he catches us posting them somewhere without his permission, he's gonna come after us with the axe's. (LOLOLOL)
Motts are you trying to say you want to join me on the fire department. We can always use an extra hand on the ladder truck. From the looks of it you handle them well. Will take away the other axe and give you a haligan bar, then you will have a full set of irons.
Magnificently Morbid My Dear Motts!!!!
this picture just has bad ass written all over it!!! I mean that in a good way!! :-)
still think Motts is hot (sorry)
excellent shot. =]
Lol, awesome motts.
i was just wondering how perfect it could if you teach me, love it
Hey motts about how old do you thind those axes are
Ha! That's fun.
holy crapola....that is one scary picture he looks kinda sorta like a wax figure...awesome
thats pretty hot.

i absolutely love this site, everything is so hauntingly beautiful
Nice !
You are the king Motts. Anyone that messes with Motts, well good look man.

PS: Your music video on Youtube really kicks ass. That cool guitar riff rocks. Keep up the good work with your music and Opacity.
kickass awsome pic.
Looks like the start of an AXE CULT........

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.
thats freakin awesome
This reminds me of the gang out to get Brigette Nielson in Cobra.
you are so hot mr. motts
Mr. Motts that is a wonderful picture of you.
Motts you are hot and you just look so evil in that picture. I love it
thanks...now i have to go wipe the drool from my chin...
Motts I love this shot of you.
"Neefer I had coffee in my mouth!
That is such a cool shot. It would make a great greeting card."

Perhaps it could read something like (an offshoot I know ) "Come to the dark side, we have a bed waiting for you." :-)
go, Vikings, go go go !
hahah, you look great ;)
great shot who ever takes these pics needs to get paid for such great photogrqphy
he looks so SERIOUS!!
im 13 and you just scarred the shit outa me... but awesome picture Motts!!
is that you mr. motts
i expected you to be much bigger...
like six and a half feet tall.
Here, you do't seem much taller than me!
@kittymao-He looks tall to me, maybe 6 foot. Then again, I'm petit and only 5'2", so everyone looks bigger to me! : )
Those axes look scary! Sort of reminds me of the movie, "The Shining".
sorta looks right at home there -
I love the shot of you holding two axes.
Hey Motts.. how do you choose your 'nicknames' for some of the un-disclosed places?
[Not trying to get to reveal anything, don't worry. Was just curious because I like some of the nicknames, even more than the actual true location/given names.]
With the exception of a few places, the pseudonyms I make up have a pretty obscure clue tied to the location. I also try to find a suitable word that could very well be the name of the place - a name like "super secret state hospital" kills the aura of depicting the place and experiencing the atmosphere of the photographs, in my opinion.

Thanks, I'm glad you like them!
Yes... Very attractive :)
Why do you hide the locations of some of your "haunts". I live in Texas and by taking one small line from the bio you wrote of this place and googling it I was able to find the original article that it came from? I mean it does make it a little more fun to track it for yourself, but in this day and age almost nothing stays hidden long thanks to the WWW. Anyway just wondering. =)
Yes, most places with an alias can be researched and found quite easily using the historical information... but it does take that small amount of effort to do it.

I have a resentment towards lazy people. I've spent a good number of hours research some of these places, and it's tough to simply put it out there when the place is almost unheard of and forgotten. If I were to pinpoint each location, I feel I would be killing the little bits of "exploration" left in the world (especially after the advent of exploring forums, Flickr, and GPS camera data).

Some of the greatest feelings come to me when I'm pouring my heart into finding some hidden place using whatever clues I can, and I finally nail it. When I physically get there and start shooting, I also feel more... proud, I suppose is the closest word. Why deprive someone of that?

Some places also have a pseudonym in respect to someone who had given me a heads-up on the place, and asked to keep it undisclosed.

In any case, if anyone has the motivation to go out and find these places, it's not too hard. If they're lazy, I'll just get another "What's the address of this place?" comment, and subsequently delete it :-)

All these places will probably show up in some IPhone App sooner or later, but until then it'll be our secret :-)
*licks lips and waggles eyebrows in seductive manner*
Motts, is this your version of the "Axe Effect"?

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