Covered in mud, blood, and mosquito bites...

[GasmaskGirl]

me:



my friend dan and i dug a hole under the wall of this old gothic stone building yesterday. I got really muddy. But we got inside. Then we had to climb up a pipe to get up in the building.

We also went to an old abandoned Lucky Strike tobacco factory and I took these pictures there:

















We found a tunnel under the building, it was really long. It went on forever. There were rats and spiders in there, big ones. And lots of cobwebs that kept sticking to my face.




We found some other tunnels too. This one was less cramped.

[MistressJennifer]

How cool! What great shots!!! You are really pretty!! Get your friend Dan to do a whole photo shoot of you in that abandoned Lucky Strike place, totally decked out and in full makeup!!!

[Kidthorazine]

yeah those are some badass shots...

[GasmaskGirl]

aw, thanks guys! haha - honestly i got way muddier than that. I looked like I just came from woodstock, hee hee. Today I'm scratching all my mosquito bites and nursing my wounds, but it was worth it.

[BrightStar]

You are still beautiful, even when covered in dirt.

Those photos are exactly like the stuff you would find in 40K, Inquisitor, and Necromunda.

Great pictures! Btw, how come you were digging and exploring there?

[Tequila Zaire]

Great shots tank girl..5th one down is my favourite. How many pictures like this do you have exactly? I'm curious to see more...I love this kinda stuff.

[BrightStar]

Great shots tank girl..5th one down is my favourite. How many pictures like this do you have exactly? I'm curious to see more...I love this kinda stuff.

Me too, although I hate actually touching that stuff.

[KilLAtomiK]

damn that looks fun if only there were old abandoned buildings near my house

[killerkat]

thats like my dream house ,woww wish there wrer places like that here

[Drakken]

Those photos kinda remind me of Rob Dobi.
Granted most of his photography is used on EMO cds.. But the bare photographs are very cool.

He has this set where he broke into an old mental hospital and snapped some pics.

[GasmaskGirl]

i have hundreds of photos like that from all sorts of different places - abandoned insane asylums, abandoned tuberculosis sanitoriums, factories, abandoned apartment buildings, etc. So does Rob Dobi. He's lucky to have so many abandoned hospitals up in new york, in fact all the new york explorers are spoiled in that respect. They have such an abundance of abandoned buildings.

[Yasha D. Speed]

looks almost like a computer rpg dungeon... very cool

[MistressJennifer]

The last Vogue (or a month or two back), had a whole shoot in sort of an industrial place, but yours is better. I like the way someone painted a skull too.

[MistressJennifer]

No wait! You should have a party there!!!

[skully]

yeah i have a bunch of friends who do this type of exploration

but as a warning: be careful of all those pipes they are insulated with asbestos and other then a few coats of paint or such they are usually exposed enough that if you were to climb on it or grab onto something it could easily breakoff sending alot of fibers into the air and all over you.

[Drakken]

i have hundreds of photos like that from all sorts of different places - abandoned insane asylums, abandoned tuberculosis sanitoriums, factories, abandoned apartment buildings, etc. So does Rob Dobi. He's lucky to have so many abandoned hospitals up in new york, in fact all the new york explorers are spoiled in that respect. They have such an abundance of abandoned buildings.

Yah.
It's all about the environment, especially for photographers without the liberty of buying/renting a studio and creating one.

*glad someone ACTUALLY KNOWS who Dobi is.*

[pelelaka]

they have old buildings like that here, but i'm afraid to go inside them. i'm afraid i'll get caught and get in trouble. i live in a military town and my actions reflect on my husband and have the power to make his life miserable... i feel like i'm missing out. damn the government. aside from old factories on the outskirts there's a huge high school that's been condenmed because it's too dangerous or out of date or something. i've been dying to explore it but its in the center of the town i'm afraid of getting caught.

[CPRB]

gasmkas awesome photos and what a bitchin sense of adveture cudos for it! love the photos and it's nice to see a pretty girl get dirty! I should have brought you to Quebec City with me. YOu would have had a blast digging and seeing old things that no has forever....

[GasmaskGirl]

skully: yep alot of the buildings I explore are filled with asbestos, it's nothing new to me. If I don't stir it up it's ok, it's not like I'm spending a long time in there, or touching it. I'm more worried about the methane in the sewers I explore than the asbestos. But you're right, it's something that shouldn't be messed around with.
Pelelaka: I live in a military town too, and my fiancé is in the military, and he comes out exploring with me, lol.

[ForrestBlack]

That looks like so much fun! I used to explore the ground water drainage tunnels that run under my old neighborhood. They went on for miles. There were hidden rooms and complex junctions, bricked over dead ends. It wasn't as pretty as the stuff you have posted here, but it was fun to explore and map

[Tequila Zaire]

Wish you could do this kinda stuff in L.A. but abandoned places like this tend to be far too dangerous to explore...friggin psychopaths of all shapes, sizes, and colors "own" those places.

[chaosfeary]

Cool stuff.

Reminds me of this site I saw a while ago.. found the link for it. Sonic Atrophy

random pics..

[Black Spiral Dancer]

This place looks like where I work, only this looks cleaner!

And technically I'm meant to be a civil servant! (i'm more of a government hooligan)

[Ellis]

its too bad you live so far away from me, I do stuff like this all the time. We have a few abandoned asylums in the immidiate area, and there are some really great factories in various stages of decay. A few years back the police started patrolling regularly, setting off our counterattack or vandalism towards big businesses to take their eyes off the ruins. Great shots, you look stunning. please, grace us with more of this beauty.

[hewhoisagod]

Too bad that Lucky factory is gone, that's my brand.

[mollycase]

GasmaskGirl, you and your friend Dan are very talented. chaosfeary, thanks for posting the Sonic Atrophy pictures too. I love this sort of thing.

[Bizarre Star]

Great shots, I liked them all. I would love to have the chance to photograph some of this type stuff, but Im at a loss for places to do it. You a very beautiful...and I think its great you have yoru adventures and get dirty...Rock on!

[Evilbink]

Great pics for sure. and not just of GasmaskGirl (gotta love a redhead). I live in the detroit area and there are plenty of cool places to explore. Many old industrial sites as well as some very creepy buildings. Masonic temples, asylums,and hospitals. of course ya gotta deal with all the homeless. but still. again grreat pics. thx for sharing.

[TheDeathKnight]

Good stuff.

I am also a big fan of industrial archeology, abandoned buildings, etc...

Mine are sucky by comparison.

http://www.thedeathknight.com/Photog...trialPics.html

[23*]

they are the coolest photos. i really like them. your hobby sounds really really interesting.....i'd love to see the sanitarium if you could post some

[Tequila Zaire]

they are the coolest photos. i really like them. your hobby sounds really really interesting.....i'd love to see the sanitarium if you could post some

yeah this was one of my favourite threads...plus the person who started it was quite interesting...hope she posts again sometime.

[nyar]

Awsome shots- too bad you didn't have a vid cam!!!
are you plannin on finding more places like that and shootin there too?
any idea who did the taggin?-