Friday, October 17, 2014

Abandoned Amusement Parks

        I'd really like to go to Shidaka's utopia in Japan. The house of horrors seems like an extraordinarily exciting thing to photograph, and maybe I'd have fun getting spooked out by old, rotting, horrors. The old monsters in there seem really neat and I'd love to scare a few of my friends.
Five other unusual places include:
1. Tuol Sleng prison (Cambodia)

2. Moundsville Penitentiary

3. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

4. Athens, Greece

5. Land of Oz,  NC

So far, no one has started documenting any of these sites, but the Land of Oz seems like an extremely fun place to document for me. It is placed in North Carolina, and was recently reopened after being abandoned for years. It has the eerie childish feel of what was once treasured as a family location, but is now a run down, almost horrifying sight. I would enjoy taking photos of the thousands of missing bricks from the yellow brick road, leading into a foggy morning. The setting with old scraggly trees sets the mood just right for an award winning location of creepiness. As far as equipment, I'd need a jacket and some good company...


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