Here is a photo from a year ago, right before the world got locked down. A small group of us (the Shutter Rush Team) went to Gary Indiana to photograph some of their many abandoned buildings. This is an indoor elevated school track around the gym floor below. I liked the leading lines, textures, and mood of the photo.
Chernobyl School
On this Sunday, I have a photo for you that I took inside one of the many abandoned schools within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This specific school was in the city of Pripyat (the town right next to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant). We explored this school and took a ton of photos of it and frankly everything else we explored during our 4 days within the Zone.
School Auditorium
This is from my last Detroit Urbex photography trip. This abandoned school auditorium was beautiful. This trip was great because of the guys who joined me.
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I Am Free Now
I took this photo in March (right before COVID blew up our world) on our urban exploration trip to Gary Indiana. As you know by now, that was the last @TeamShutterRush trip which resulted in our 2nd film on Amazon Prime. This specific location was an abandoned classroom.
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Gary Sparks
No, this isn’t a fireworks photo from this holiday weekend. This photo was created with steel wool inside the boiler room of an abandoned school in Gary Indiana. Jason was spinning while Blair, Jake and I captured photos. This is one of my photos from that moment, which was part of the great Shutter Rush weekend. You can see the documentary of that weekend on Amazon Prime.
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Gary Auditorium
Here is another photo from our Shutter Rush road trip to Gary Indiana. This is an abandoned school auditorium with Blair below me setting up his camera.
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Broken Window
I captured this beauty during our Gary Indiana exploration of abandoned buildings. This is from inside an abandoned school…honestly, I don’t remember which school. I liked this view with the graffiti through the broken glass.
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Abandoned School Gym
Right before the COVID outbreak in the United States, a few of us completed a road trip to Gary Indiana for the sole purpose of photographing a bunch of abandoned buildings. This is one of the many gyms we explored during trip.
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School Gym
I know tons of folks are posting cool Coronavirus blogs, photos, memes and other things that are generally humorous or encouraging others to be serious. As most of you know, I work in healthcare. So, I don’t have the energy right now for either of the above….not that I have a problem with it. I’ll just leave you with this photo taken at an abandoned school in Gary Indiana.
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Bradley Elementary
It’s been a while since my last Detroit Urbex trip. Way to long, but I still have tons of great shots from the last time. This is from within Bradley Elementary. I’m not sure if this was an office or a small science classroom. Regardless, I loved the fire place in this old structure.
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Kettering High School
This was an interesting spot to say the least. It was such a unique design for a school. There were a few times, when I didn’t know where I was in the building. Normally schools are very box like structures with symmetrical designs. Not this place. I think the architect took it upon himself/herself to make it totally different. Even these windows at the front door are not like anything you’d see in most schools.
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2% Milk
I hope you and your families have a great holiday season. Be safe, have fun and enjoy the weekend.
My holiday gift to you for your viewing pleasure is this photo I took at the entrance of the Bradley Elementary School. I loved the 2% Milk graffiti. Not the best graffiti I’ve seen, but it called to me.
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The Chair
How creepy is this spot??? Super creepy, if you ask me. I took this photo inside a school nurse’s office at an abandoned elementary school. Here is my question….why would an elementary school nurse’s office need an adult medical chair? Now that is creepy!!
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Sneakers
This photo is from our Detroit Urbex trip last spring. We visited a ton of sites while we were there. This is from Bradley Elementary School. This was one of those old style gyms that they also used as the cafeteria. You know the type, where the tables and benches fold up into the walls to clear the space for gym class.
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Auditorium
Well, its still extremely hot at our house with our air conditioning being completely out of order…. I know what you’re thinking…. It’s a real first world problem. Anyway, we’ll survive and count the minutes until the new unit is installed. Until then, enjoy this photo of the Bradley Elementary School auditorium. This is from our Motown Urbex trip.
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Hallway
We worked hard this weekend on home projects, both inside and outside the house. What did you do this weekend? Now it’s time to relax before work tomorrow….. So, I’m going to post a photo, watch a little TV and just enjoy the evening.
Today’s photo: I took this photo in an abandoned nursing dorm in the Pittsburgh area with Blair last fall. For weird reasons, I was at this location twice within a few weeks, which was okay because it’s a beauty.
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W&J College
Its spring!!!! Finally. Washington and Jefferson College is a nice little school about 30 miles from Pittsburgh. It has a cute little campus that looks great at ground level and great from above. This is a shot looking down at some of the dorms with the student union (with the pink umbrellas). Everything is so colorful.
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Bradley Elementary
Here’s another photo from my recent Detroit Urban Exploration trip. This is from within the abandoned Bradley Elementary school. The outside of this building looks like what I’d expect from a wealthy private school. The inside is in rough shape as you can see. If the surrounding neighborhood was in great shape, this place would have been renovated into something long ago. But it’s surrounded by a declining environment, which probably prevents any potential investors from seriously doing anything with this facility. The entire situation is sad.
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School Auditorium
Tonight’s post is from my recent trip to Detroit. We explored a number of great facilities including this school. It was so dark inside this auditorium that getting a good photo was tough. But I think I managed to get a good pic. At least I think so.
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W&J College
Here is another drone photo for you. I took this photo a few months ago flying around W&J College (Washington and Jefferson College) south of Pittsburgh. This building is the main focal point for the campus and I doubt there are many photos of it from this angle. It’s an unusual perspective. The photo was used in a local 2018 calendar published by Washington Financial. Below is another photo from a more traditional perspective.
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more traditional perspective