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Well kind of. I've actually visited the location 3 times now, over the last few weeks. First time I was very much feeling my way, extremely nervous and not especially comfy, and also restricted to a 28mm lens that wasn't really wide enough for many scenes. Second time I felt a little better about things and the third time I was able to go a little further still. I have approached this carefully, only entering through a gap in the fence, and touching nothing, taking no more than pictures when I'm there.
The buildings were, AFAIK, originally built to house some POWs, then re-purposed for military personnel, including apparently a nursery & junior school, before being left empty when the military shipped out more than 20 years ago. Local yoof have been in there since, smashing most smashable things, and now the place is quite literally falling down. These are a little disappointing because there's very little of a personal nature left behind, and the rooms are mostly empty. However the corridors have a lot of character, especially where things have been dropped or left behind, and looking at some of the pictures again makes me feel slightly uncomfortable.
Passing the guardian
Location A-8210 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
And down the first corridor
Location A-8226 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Darts anyone?
Location A-8242 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Another corridor
Location A-8710 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
On location
Location A-8751 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Free Kosovo office
Location A-8912 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Coming down
Location A-8777 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
The way out?
Location A-8920 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
I've processed these differently from usual - please comment if you feel inclined, not on individual images, but on the overall feel & set. There's a lot more in my Flickr 'Location A' album.
Thanks for looking.
The buildings were, AFAIK, originally built to house some POWs, then re-purposed for military personnel, including apparently a nursery & junior school, before being left empty when the military shipped out more than 20 years ago. Local yoof have been in there since, smashing most smashable things, and now the place is quite literally falling down. These are a little disappointing because there's very little of a personal nature left behind, and the rooms are mostly empty. However the corridors have a lot of character, especially where things have been dropped or left behind, and looking at some of the pictures again makes me feel slightly uncomfortable.
Passing the guardian
Location A-8210 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
And down the first corridor
Location A-8226 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Darts anyone?
Location A-8242 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Another corridor
Location A-8710 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
On location
Location A-8751 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Free Kosovo office
Location A-8912 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
Coming down
Location A-8777 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
The way out?
Location A-8920 by Toni Ertl, on Flickr
I've processed these differently from usual - please comment if you feel inclined, not on individual images, but on the overall feel & set. There's a lot more in my Flickr 'Location A' album.
Thanks for looking.
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