Some shots from my visits to West Park

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Some shots from my visits to West Park (updated btm pg 1)

I think 99% of the planet know about West Park Asylum by now, so I don't know what else to say really. I have been documenting this massive complex for the last year, and have seen it get worse with every subsequent visit. I don't think it's current state is going to last much longer, as vandals and taggers have started to visit with alarming frequency.

I have around 300 different photos covering pretty much the entire complex, taken over eight visits starting last september. I've listed a few of my favourites here, though it's hard to pick favourites because each image of West Park is just as good as any other in my opinion. As I'm also a commercial photographer, I even took a model with me there to do a shoot in the padded cells, I think that may have been a first! It was for his portfolio and he wanted something interesting. The third shot is of him getting changed between shoots. I lugged studio lights, reflectors and powerpacks with me that day, it was a long journey from the car park to the cells, especially with a portable studio on your back and three cameras!

Hope you enjoy.

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Wow, great shots! A bit of a write up wouldn't have gone a miss, even if it was just your experience.
Looking forward to your future reports!
 
Oh christ, I did a writeup and must've copied over it when I pasted the URLS! I'll write something now. Thanks for the comments
 
Some great photo's there, the unmade beds are slightly creepy! I like the perspective shot along the corridor, and is that a hoover in the photo above it? :lol:

Also, I wouldn't like to have a bath in that bath.... :eek:
 
f*ckin the best pics. love it and welcome also i just added you on flickr, kelly by the way :)

i soo need to go there !!
 
i can say straight away : that man knows how to use his camera.
imho one of the best WP shots i ever seen

PS: i sent u a friend invitation on flickr
 
That last shot is fu##ing amazing.
I could quite happily hang that on my wall.
Excellent pics.
 
I dunno, I'd be surprised if any other commercial shoots have taken place in the cells.

Part of a recent "grime" music video was shot in there .... they also filmed in Guildford/Granton ward ;) There was also a graffiti photographer that was taking "artists" in there recently while making a video documenting their work and taking still shots.
 
Part of a recent "grime" music video was shot in there .... they also filmed in Guildford/Granton ward ;) There was also a graffiti photographer that was taking "artists" in there recently while making a video documenting their work and taking still shots.

i heard about that video once i had unwanted conversation wit sec @ westpark anyone know where can i find it??
 
Part of a recent "grime" music video was shot in there .... they also filmed in Guildford/Granton ward ;) There was also a graffiti photographer that was taking "artists" in there recently while making a video documenting their work and taking still shots.

Hmm, damn, well, were any of them naked? My model was! lol :)
 
dam why couldnt it of been a women,id have paid to see that
nice pics got to say some real fine work there
 
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Top shots there fella - they p*ss on most of the over-the-top HDR stuff out there (imo)

Thing I love about these sort of place is the "Marie Celeste" feel of them - how stuff is just left behind - bed linen, clothes etc. Almost as if eveyone left in a hurry.

"Right, we're closing this hospital down, ahh we'll just leave the bedsheets and the dental molds. Come on, let's lock up for good"

PS Can I ask what camera you prefer to use??
 
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Thanks man

That's exactly the impression I get when I walk around there. So much stuff just seems to have been discarded int he blink of an eye. Like you say, almost as if every single person just decided to drop whatever they were doing and leave in unison.
 

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