ghosts

[elysesewell]

In the abandoned St Marks School, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.

小心D means be careful
有 means have
鬼 means ghost
so 小心D 有鬼 means "Be careful. There are ghosts."

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ghosts

[anonymous]

Out of curiosity, were you in the school on a job or just poking around? This post raised the hair on the back of my neck because I too find abandoned places evocative. One of my favorites is an old summer camp in North Carolina, the walls and rafters full of graffiti from kids starting in the 1920s. Their dreams of romance, the flush of excitement from being away from home - always makes me wonder if they return to that place in their waning moments. Little cabins gravid with memories. Haunts me.

Forgive me a cheeky moment, but is the number behind your head '1' or '3'?

steve, fellow traveller

Re: ghosts

[elysesewell]

Both times, I was there on a job. The whole crew had to climb through a hole in the fence and pull through these giant bags full of designer clothes, and tripods, and shit in after us. Some people on the crew were openly and vocally afraid to be in there!
Glad that you like the photos. Check this shit out.
Though I'll be spoiling the mystery for others like you, I need to know: why on earth would I write 3? Of course it is #1. "Elyse Sewell is #1."

Re: ghosts

[gabesasexybeast]

I believe what the anonymous commenter above was referring to was your totally unwarranted 3rd place finish in ANTM season one. Cheeky, indeed. The rest of the world, however, knows Elyse Sewell is #1!

Re: ghosts

[anonymous]

Hee - yep.

Lovely pictures - you've a nice eye for texture. Did you crop these or are they as you took them?

The second image (2893) I particularly liked, although I'd be heard pressed to articulate further at this point. I copied it to my computer for further contemplation - don't know if this is bad manners on this forum, but I won't pass it around.

And since I'm feeling like a parasite, have a look at http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid=935305440205&photoid=568658111205 There's a neat story behind this picture.

Steve

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[elysesewell]

That whole album is fantastic! Shot where, and what's the story of the one you linked?

Re: ghosts

[anonymous]

Glad you enjoyed them. I took these in a very remote mountain range in Namibia, so remote that, I shit thee not, these guys were still using stone tools into the 1970s. They'd been glimpsed in the 20s and 30s, then briefly contacted by an expedition in 1964. I heard rumors that they were still around and went looking for them in 2002. Three weeks, twenty miles of brush-plowing, and one wrecked truck later, I found them. Went back for a few months last year, and I should be headed back come spring

Re: ghosts

[elysesewell]

PS That pic is uncropped.

Re: ghosts

[anonymous]

Nice.

Steve

2893

[anonymous]

Okay. The shapes look substantial (almost industrial - the tacks like rivets) although the material is actually delicate. The messages have lingered long after their context, and meaning, faded away. And the image itself is ephemeral and a matter of perception (took a bit before I realized that the half-reflection in the bottom left must be you holding your camera).

Like ghosts. I get it. Cool.

Steve

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[anonymous]

I have friends who are very into what they call "urban adventures." Occasionally, when I'm not too big of a wuss, they'll take me a long. The creepiest place they ever took me was an abandon metal hospital. There were still drawings in the children's wing, it was pretty creepy.

Re: ghosts

[dr_deadmeat]

I know a guy who took a load of LSD and went into an abandoned mental hospital overnight for a bet!