tbrown277
05-02-2012, 09:21 PM
A few years ago I visited the Mid Wales Mental Asylum in Talgarth, Brecon. The experience has stayed with me ever since and has affected me in ways both good, and bad. The project marked my first real attempt at photography and I recently reviewed my shots reminding myself how far I've come in just a few years. The photographs I took didn't reflect the impression the place had on me so I recently decided to apply some simple effects and masks to try and capture the 'emotion' of the building. Comments and criticisms are all very welcome. Also, I haven't been on here for a long time; if I've flouted any forum rules with this post then I am very sorry.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuilding.jpg
The first picture I took. Feel a slight sentimentality to this picture.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingCloseUp.jpg
The front of the admin building.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingFrontDoor.jpg
The heavy wooden door.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingSideView.jpg
A side profile view.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AnotherEmptyRoom.jpg
A rare example of an almost undamaged room
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Armchair.jpg
A retro style armchair sits outside
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Blackboard.jpg
A blackboard with REDRUM scrawled on it, perhaps the locals or a fellow explorer.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/CellBlockCorridor.jpg
A corridor with small rooms, perhaps cells.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChairCircle.jpg
Chairs deliberately arranged in a circle.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChairWithBoots.jpg
The fabled 'Chair with boots'
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchOverview2.jpg
The church opposite admin.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchOverview.jpg
The internals of the church heavily vandalized.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchWindows.jpg
Light pours in through the remarkably undamaged windows.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/EmptyCorridor.jpg
A corridor seemingly leading to nowhere. I've since forgotten many details of the layout of the buildings.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/HymnBoard.jpg
The old church hymn board.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/EmptyRoom.jpg
A small empty room.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallOverview.jpg
The still grand main hall.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallRoofDecay.jpg
The decay of the roof, undoubtably ten times worse since my visit.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallStageView.jpg
A view of the hall from the stage.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MarbleFireplace.jpg
A marble fireplace from admin.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/WoodenFireplace.jpg
A wooden fireplace.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/OldTelevision.jpg
One of my favorite photos, an old television set.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/OrnateStairs.jpg
An ornate staircase, presumably not for inmates.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Painting1.jpg
A painting, perhaps by a patient.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Painting2.jpg
Another painting. I would like to think it was a patients work.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ProstheticLeg.jpg
No idea what this is. Maybe some kind of prosthetic.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/RottingRoom.jpg
A decaying room.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/StatusLights.jpg
Meeting room switchboard.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/TheGardenHut.jpg
A hut in the yard, no idea what it's for.
Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed them. :smile
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuilding.jpg
The first picture I took. Feel a slight sentimentality to this picture.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingCloseUp.jpg
The front of the admin building.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingFrontDoor.jpg
The heavy wooden door.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AdministrationBuildingSideView.jpg
A side profile view.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/AnotherEmptyRoom.jpg
A rare example of an almost undamaged room
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Armchair.jpg
A retro style armchair sits outside
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Blackboard.jpg
A blackboard with REDRUM scrawled on it, perhaps the locals or a fellow explorer.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/CellBlockCorridor.jpg
A corridor with small rooms, perhaps cells.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChairCircle.jpg
Chairs deliberately arranged in a circle.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChairWithBoots.jpg
The fabled 'Chair with boots'
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchOverview2.jpg
The church opposite admin.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchOverview.jpg
The internals of the church heavily vandalized.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ChurchWindows.jpg
Light pours in through the remarkably undamaged windows.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/EmptyCorridor.jpg
A corridor seemingly leading to nowhere. I've since forgotten many details of the layout of the buildings.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/HymnBoard.jpg
The old church hymn board.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/EmptyRoom.jpg
A small empty room.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallOverview.jpg
The still grand main hall.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallRoofDecay.jpg
The decay of the roof, undoubtably ten times worse since my visit.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MainHallStageView.jpg
A view of the hall from the stage.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/MarbleFireplace.jpg
A marble fireplace from admin.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/WoodenFireplace.jpg
A wooden fireplace.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/OldTelevision.jpg
One of my favorite photos, an old television set.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/OrnateStairs.jpg
An ornate staircase, presumably not for inmates.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Painting1.jpg
A painting, perhaps by a patient.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/Painting2.jpg
Another painting. I would like to think it was a patients work.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/ProstheticLeg.jpg
No idea what this is. Maybe some kind of prosthetic.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/RottingRoom.jpg
A decaying room.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/StatusLights.jpg
Meeting room switchboard.
http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/tombrown16/Retouched%20Asylum%20Photos%20Talgarth/TheGardenHut.jpg
A hut in the yard, no idea what it's for.
Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed them. :smile