Wow, thanks for the link. I Love that stuff and have traveled a little bit to abandoned towns in the Southwest United States. There is something eerie and unsettling about such locals, a bit like gazing upon a corpse in the morgue. My goal is to make an abandoned asylum, though this has become more difficult in the United States, because of demolition and tight security against squatters.
Here are a couple pics from my recent trip to Picher and Gardin, Oklahoma. The community is shadowed by giant chat piles that blew a toxic lead dust into town, which seeped into the water supply. Birth defects and other ailments followed, as is so common in such stories. The government has offered to buyout the residents of the now superfund site. A few steadfast souls remain and eyed my exploration with part apathy, part disdain.
Here are a couple of my photos. Much better can be found online through a "Tar Creek" search.
Here are a couple pics from my recent trip to Picher and Gardin, Oklahoma. The community is shadowed by giant chat piles that blew a toxic lead dust into town, which seeped into the water supply. Birth defects and other ailments followed, as is so common in such stories. The government has offered to buyout the residents of the now superfund site. A few steadfast souls remain and eyed my exploration with part apathy, part disdain.
Here are a couple of my photos. Much better can be found online through a "Tar Creek" search.
Fun stuff.
