As is the case with most of my endeavors, when I started my Abandonment Issues project, I had no idea where it would lead me, or what the potential endgame would be. I still don't. I just wanted to explore abandonments, hone my photography skills and delve in to a new writing project beyond writing rhymes and slowly chipping away at a semi-autobiographical novel. In my last post, I was inspired to drastically change my approach. Instead of describing the actual exploration process, I accompanied the photos of an abandoned young offender boot camp style jail known as Project Turnaround with a true story of my own experiences as an inmate in young offender custody in the early to mid 1990s. After writing that post, I decided that my next few posts would follow in this theme of drawing personal parallels between the explorer (myself) and the derelict places that I explore. I have no idea where I plan to go with this, but I'm excited to temporarily shift the focus from the location, to the explorer...
http://jermalism.blogspot.com/2012/02/abandonment-issues-cordova-mines.html
What makes a house a home? by jerm IX, on Flickr
E v e r y t h i n g falls apart by jerm IX, on Flickr
Life becomes a sinkhole by jerm IX, on Flickr
The great moral collapse continues. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Eventually, the house exposes layer after layer of its past mistakes. by jerm IX, on Flickr
The stench of raccoon feces and frozen carcasses fill the air. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Positive rewards become meaningless. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Art suffers. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mould continues to spread, to no end. by jerm IX, on Flickr
http://jermalism.blogspot.com/2012/02/abandonment-issues-cordova-mines.html
What makes a house a home? by jerm IX, on Flickr
E v e r y t h i n g falls apart by jerm IX, on Flickr
Life becomes a sinkhole by jerm IX, on Flickr
The great moral collapse continues. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Eventually, the house exposes layer after layer of its past mistakes. by jerm IX, on Flickr
The stench of raccoon feces and frozen carcasses fill the air. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Positive rewards become meaningless. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Art suffers. by jerm IX, on Flickr
Mould continues to spread, to no end. by jerm IX, on Flickr
