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Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals
Asylum Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals
Author: Christopher Payne
"Payne is a visual poet as well as an architect by training, and he has spent years finding and photographing these buildings?often the pride of their local communities and a powerful symbol of humane caring for those less fortunate. His photographs are beautiful images in their own right, and they also pay tribute to a sort of public architectu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262013499
ISBN-10: 0262013495
Publication Date: 9/30/2009
Pages: 216
Edition: 1
Rating:
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 20
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I was so excited when I received the email saying this book was on it's way to me via the MN Link Interlibrary Loan System. The timing was perfect. In just over a week, my siblings and I will be touring Fergus Falls State Hospital in Fergus Falls, MN. I will be posting about our tour in a future post!

This book contains images from the Fergus Falls Hospital as well as many others around the United States. I am wowed by the Kirkbride Architecture and the massive size of the buildings and grounds. This book shows some amazing photos that make you wish you were there. I loved the photo of the hanging toothbrushes and the photos of long, abandoned hallways. It's so sad in a way, that these buildings were left so abruptly and rarely touched again.You also wonder paging through this book, what if these walls could talk? What story would they tell?

Christopher Payne did an amazing job with photographing these hospitals. You can view some of these images at his website Chris Payne Photo.

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