Photographing the abandoned past
EKelly | Monday, September 27th, 2010 | No Comments »A tour guide to dark places, their people long vanished
By Emily Sweeney|The Boston Globe| November 7, 2010
Massachusetts — Jason Baker likes taking pictures of abandoned buildings, inside and out.
Armed with his trusty flashlight and camera, Baker recently visited the long-shuttered Lakeville State Hospital, where he captured haunting images of empty hallways and dilapidated examination rooms.
The 29-year-old calls himself an “urban ruins photographer,’’ and his passion for documenting decaying places has brought him into the darkened corridors of insane asylums, closed schools, and other deserted institutions.
Baker just published his third book, “Abandoned 2,’’ which features his photographs accompanied by a collection of short horror stories. He will be showing some of his work at Gallery X in New Bedford this month.
Baker, a Marlborough native who now lives in Malden…
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