Pripyat Hospital

March 5, 2022

I’ll keep the Ukraine photo theme going. I don’t know about you, but I keep watching and reading everything I can find about the war in Ukraine. I’m so sad about what’s happening and mad at the Russian government for doing it.

I took these photos (pre-war) inside the abandoned hospital in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine. This city is inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and a few miles from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

I don’t know what this hospital bed was for

Another nursery room in the OB department

Mardi Gras Conference Room

January 4, 2022

Why don’t I have a conference like this at work? Probably because I don’t work on a cruise ship…. But I liked this set up and the interior designer has my respect. This room is used as a universal space outside the main dining room on the Carnival Mardi Gras

Chernobyl Surgical Suite

September 2, 2020

It’s hard to believe it has been two years since our Chernobyl trip. We planned to go back this October, but that isn’t going to happen. No shock there, since 2020 is messed up from top to bottom.

I took this photo in the Pripyat Hospital, which is a few miles from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

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Room With A View

July 5, 2019

I hope your weekend gets off to a great start. If you’re looking for a room with a view, how about this one? The price is right. I found this beauty in a local popular abandoned building when Theaterwiz and Bob came for a visit. This started as a dormitory and later served as a nursing facility.

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5 Star Room

March 21, 2018

I had a great time presenting to The Academy of Science & Art of Pittsburgh – Photographic Section ( http://pghphoto.org) last night. I’ve lectured for them in the past and they’ve always been very nice to me. Last night my presentation was about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. I hope the group enjoyed the presentation as much as I enjoyed my time with them. They have a ton of talented photographers in their club. My thanks go out to them for hosting me.

Tonight’s photo is from an abandoned hospital in southwestern Pennsylvania. I’ve taken so many photos in this facility and I love them all.

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Motel Hell

January 9, 2018

I’ve stayed in some trashy hotel rooms and some over the top amazing spots. In general, I’m okay with simple and plain as long as it’s clean. I love exploring abandoned buildings that are decaying, old, grimy, etc… but that’s not what I want in a hotel room. This spot is a former nursing student dormitory, which was later converted into a long-term care facility. Now it’s sitting there for my exploration.

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Band Room

January 15, 2017

This is from the Miles Bryant High School last year. I haven’t been back to the school since the police found a dead body inside. I’ve avoided since then because the police (I assume) have this under high surveillance. I love taking photos of abandoned buildings, but the police don’t always appreciate the art form. Anyway, this is the band room from within the school.

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Pennsylvanian Ball Room

October 17, 2016

This building is usually very restrictive when it comes to photographers. But a few weeks back, the “Open Doors Pittsburgh” event allowed the public to have access to buildings that are normally off limits. So I took advantage of that situation and captured some great photos all over downtown Pittsburgh.

This building used to be the train and bus station back in the day. Today is has a number of executive apartments inside it and some of the larger common spaces are used as event locations. So this former bus/train terminal is now a wedding reception venue. I love it.

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The Vault

October 12, 2016

This former bank vault is now a dinning room for 12 people inside the Pittsburgh Engineer’s Building in the downtown area. A few weeks ago, Pittsburgh held an event called “Open Door Pittsburgh”. Basically this meant that there were around 30 buildings that are not normally open to the public, open to the public on this day. Some of the buildings had guided tours and others were just self-guided tours of the spaces. The Vault caught my eye on the marketing material, so I made sure we hit that spot first.

English Classroom

September 1, 2014

This is one of the 29 different Nationality Rooms in the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning. These rooms depict and were donated by the ethnic groups that helped build the city of Pittsburgh. The building is a national historic landmark and the Nationality Rooms are just a few of the many reasons why this facility is amazing.

The English Classroom was done in a Tudor-Gothic style after the House of Commons. The room includes a few original relics donated by the British Government rescued from the House of Commons following the World Ward II bombings and is the largest of the Nationality Rooms.

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Carnival Dream Dinning Room

June 6, 2014

This was the dinning room we used on the Carnival Dream last spring. Usually when I am on a cruise, at least one day I get up early (like 5am ) to walk around the ship while everyone else is asleep. That’s the only way you can see anything without someone in the way. I get a little quiet time, take some photos and enjoy the ship design.

Day Room

May 12, 2014

This is another photo from my trip to the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Brownsville PA. I think this would have been called the Day Room (or living room) in the nursing dormitory area. I found it very interesting that when they closed this facility; they just left furniture, patient files, clothing, etc… in just about every room. The people just disappeared and they left everything behind.

Empty Classroom

April 10, 2014

Here is another picture from the abandoned school in the East Liberty area of Pittsburgh.

Living Room

January 13, 2014

While MJ and I were in Iceland, we stayed at this amazing placed called the Hofsstaoir Hotel in the Skagafjorour Bay area. Our room was in the Turf House (see below), which was super cool. We had a little suite within and the picture below shows you our living room.

You can see more information on this location by looking at one of my previous post about this location here: http://brook-ward.com/blog/2013/7/5/iceland-sunset

Turf House - our suite was on the far right.

Happy Halloween – Scary Hospital Ward

October 31, 2013

Today’s photo is of a hospital ward from within the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital. Brad, Dave and I did a little Urbex (urban exploration) looking for some great photo opportunities. Not only did we capture some great photos, but exploring these old sites is very interesting. The architecture, design, and building materials of old structures are amazing compared to new facilities. What can I say? I am a sucker for old buildings and you can see why with this photo.

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Cell Block 3 – Hospital Department

October 2, 2013

In 1880, Eastern State Penitentiary’s Cell Block 3 was converted into the “Hospital Department” for the prison which included about 20 cells. They tried to take care of all injuries and illness here to avoid transporting an inmate to a local hospital. They had different types of physicians rotate through Cell Block 3 to perform a number of different surgeries, procedures and services. Can you imagine having surgery in this environment??? You can see a picture of the surgery room below. Cell Block 3 was in use for this purpose until the prison closed in 1970.

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Abandoned St. Peter & St. Paul School in East Liberty

April 20, 2013

Today, Brad, Dave and I went on a photo walk around the Lawrenceville and East Liberty area of Pittsburgh. We were basically on a mission to photograph anything interesting. We all took the same basic photo of this classroom in the abandoned St. Peter and St. Paul School (same location, angle, POV, etc…) and I am looking forward to seeing how we all process the image. Here is my version. Hopefully, they’ll post their version soon.

You can see Brad’s work here: http://www.somethinghdr.com/

You can see Dave’s work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36007640@N07/