Comments on: The Candid Asylums of Jeremy Harris

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:13:46 +0000

The picture of the kitchen with the open cabinet in the “photographers” link reminds me of Exmortis. I want to click the cabinet and find a bloody butcher knife or something…

By: Tequila

Tequila — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:58:58 +0000

@Alice…they just scream lazy to me. Doing decay be it realistic or stylized is tough. Thankfully the net and really dozens of other sources give you enough to work with and study that cheap disasters like those shown in that link shouldn’t be so common.

The rest of the stuff in the post is indeed much better than what’s usually seen. I like the stuff from a technical standpoint even if the images themselves feel a lil…calm. Almost pleasant really. Not a bad thing mind you…cause frankly at this point who would be scared of these places? They’re so much a part of what people enjoy visually we’d all live in such places I think if not for the health hazards involved.

By: Nadya

Nadya — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:22:56 +0000

Jemibook, the hospital from Session 9 is Danvers State Mental Hospital, and it's currently in the process of being demolished. At least the film captured it before it's gone!

By: gooby

gooby — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:19:27 +0000

Its so odd watching this stuff get around. That collection is up at the coffee shop around the corner from my house! And then within three days of seeing it, it has infested all my usual morning online reading holes.

There’s some shots of an old hospital here in San Francisco that we used to break into all the time to take spooky photos.

Jeremy’s pics give me the urge for a little breakin and entering…

By: Zoetica

Zoetica — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:44:01 +0000

Alice, I thought the same thing – I wouldn’t be surprised if it were intentional.

The Daniel, good call on Dave there, he’s great.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:40:03 +0000

…do the over-textured images in the “photographers” link scream “Silent Hill” to anyone else…?

By: the daniel

the daniel — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:27:25 +0000

Too true about the HDR - folks seem to think it's as easy as applying a photoshop plugin for instant success. When I think good HDR though, I think local hero Dave Bullock.

By: Zoetica

Zoetica — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:57:08 +0000

For me, all the HDR starts to bend together after a certain point, even if it’s pretty as I said in the post. There is so much of it and it’s so heavy handed that unless you’re a real pro with it it harms the image rather than enhance it. Seeing all the textures in Jeremy’s images in natural light is far more potent to my eyes.

By: Vivacious G

Vivacious G — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:09:31 +0000

Like Nadya said – the texture is really is really beautiful.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:26:22 +0000

Ah! I remember seeing these just a little while ago on BoingBoing! So perfect and and real and unlike….well, just about any trying-to-be-spooky-dilapidated-building pictures floating around out there…