[Leica] Lonely and abandoned

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Phong:

 >>> Also, there is a site somewhere on an abandoned asylum in 
Massachusetts. <<<

It's in Danvers, you can see it going north on I95 just before the 
Alfalfa Farm.

Jim,  "associated with old age" Hemenway





Phong wrote:

> Clive,
> 
> In looking at your photos, I realize how difficult it is
> to convey the cold weather in the absence of snow.  How
> do other people do that ?
> 
> Cell phones with builtin cameras look like fun.  (Treo 600 
> = cell phone with builin camera. I had to look it up).
> Perhaps one of these days, when I next replace my cell phone.
> 
> Speaking of Holga, I have never been keen on the look until
> recently, when I want to describe a certain feeling of desolation,
> loneliness, perhaps associated with old age.  A few years ago,
> one of the European LUGGers, I think it was simon (animal), posted
> a link to a site of photography of abandoned buildings.  I remember
> it gave me some of the same feelings, and I would like to revisit the
> site.  Also, there is a site somewhere on an abandoned asylum in
> Massachusetts.
> 
> - Phong
>