In his book, Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Christopher Payne explores the desolation of abandoned mental institutions, representing them through photographic imagery. The representation takes on a more neutral, passive tone, effectively displaying the beauty of the architecture, the sadness of the ruin, and the complexities of the self sustaining community, yet also hinting at the confines and medicinal nature of the institutions.
http://www.chrispaynephoto.com/
I am interested in using his work as a set/stage/site for the development of my project. Text as site > photos as stage.
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