July 14, 2004

Basement

Here’s a little trip into the basement of the building where I live, in a sequence of lightly photoshopped digital snapshots and details thereof…

Corridor leading to the laundry room in the basement of the building where I live.

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Unused pair of taps on the wall of the corridor shown in the image above. Section of plumbing in the basement laundry-room.
Pipes and an air-vent in the ceiling of the basement laundry-room.
A corner of the basement laundry-room, blurred by camera movement.

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Floor drain in the basement laundry-room. Part of the ceiling in the basement drying-room.
Some pipe-work in the basement drying-room.
A corner of the basement drying-room.

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Unused basement-space, adjacent to the drying-room, in the building where I live. Second view of unused basement-space, adjacent to the drying-room, in the building where I live.
Third view of unused basement-space, adjacent to the drying-room, in the building where I live.

Like many basements, it can seem a somewhat creepy place. It occurred to me the other day, when I was down there fetching some laundry, that I should see if I could capture any of its creepiness on camera. I found that the results were just about satisfactory (to me, at least), as long as I kept the camera’s flash turned off, and relied on the ambient artificial light. Alas, in one currently unused (and hence unlit) section of the building, as shown in the final three pictures, I was unable to do this…

Posted by misteraitch at July 14, 2004 01:51 PM | TrackBack