Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Elmcrest Asylum by Tehya Novella

This week, I took a little very long 45 minute road trip up to Portland, Connecticut to get pictures of the infamous Elmcrest Asylum. It was actually a very fun and interesting experience. I took over 215 pictures! That took up my entire hard drive! AH! In the end, while I honestly wanted to upload every last one, I decided it would be best to go with my top ten favorites (along with some interesting photos of the graffiti scattered throughout the premises). And so, behold:










The Interesting Graffiti:








While there was much graffiti scattered throughout the grounds, I found all of this the most interesting as they were the most common found. The circle with the 'A' inside it as well as "Boys" and "Girls" were pretty much scene everywhere I went. It led me to wonder what exactly could be the reason behind them. A part of believes the "boys" and "girls" wording I kept finding may have been graffiti used to indicate the separate areas for male and female patients of the mental facility.

Throughout it all, the pictures I have taken do not even cover half the premises. There are many buildings that are on the grounds and my photos only showcase three of them. There is so much more to see. If you would like to see more, I highly recommend going to visit this place in person (although maybe when there isn't snow on the ground).


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  1. Professor NevinsFebruary 28, 2021 at 5:45 PM

    Okay... that's great you took the trip up to Portland in pursuit of your project... and that you took plenty of shots when you were there... Now comes the editing part... the other half of the job... Editing is done for expression and emphasis... Questions to ask when editing are, "Where is the focal point... is the light in the image also the focal point? Is there a full range of tones from black to white with no clipped highlights or shadows? What about straightening lines of the building elements using free transform? Have you seen the website, abandonedct? "Mental Hospitals are creepy to say the least, as you probably have saw in the feature film Shutter Island. But what if I said this one was for children. Elmcrest Mental hospital was opened in Portland, CT in 1942 and was built around the historic childhood mansion of Elizabeth Jarvis Colt. Not only did this site host In-Patient help but also an on campus school for the youth patients. In 1998 a patient was killed while being restrained by an employee and the final chapter on this historic location ended in 2003. Today the campus remains untouched but be warned is patrolled heavily by security." http://www.abandonedct.com/2015/09/elmcrest-mental-hospital.html

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