Easttern State Penitentiary

[Jim Cummings]

--A series done with the 40D yesterday at Eastern State, a remarkable crumbling prison in downtown Philadelphia. Part of the "Obscura Day" behind the scenes tours held all over yesterday, March 20.
Jim

 

[NeumaticPants]

Great place to shoot. Was there back in the fall. Would like to go back soon.

 

[chisquared]

Interesting shot. Thanks for sharing.
Are there ghosts there? That's a feeling I got when viewing this.

 

[J A K]

Great job on your part ... love the composition.

Regards,

Joe Kurkjian

Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/jkurkjia

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[Jim Cummings]

They say there are and hold a very successful Halloween "haunted prison." I found the place very spooky and certainly would have expected a poltergeist at any minute, if I belived in them





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Jim

 

[NeumaticPants]

Great shots. The place is definiatly spooky.

 

[chisquared]

Great spooky shots!

 

[rhodesb3]

Yes, great shots. Thank you for posting!!
-Eric

 

[Pat Trev]

The Travel Channel show Ghost Adventurers just showed an episode from the prison last Friday night. I also want to get in there and shoot. I'm just 30-35 minutes away. Who wants to meet up?

Pat
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[Jim Cummings]

I'd like to go back and shoot it again, as well. I live closeby in Pennsauken, NJ. Seeing the number of people who were there for the public tours, however, I would say getting a private tour (15 people or more) is the way to do it.

The admission is $12 (parking nearby is $13) and there is season long tripod/monopod pass of $10. They are very accomodating and would most likely put together a photo tour of closed areas easily as they did for the Obscura Day group.
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Jim

 

[NeumaticPants]

Hey Jim,

I live over in the Manayunk area. I would also love to go back and shoot there. If you ever get a photo group together please send me an email. I'd love to be a part of it.

 

[Pat Trev]

I'm in! I can likely get 2-3 more people. Lets do this.

Pat
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http://lookoutphoto.com

 

[Jim Cummings]

I think we need 15. I will call.
Jim
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Jim

 

[Jim Cummings]

I just spoke to the people at Eastern and its pretty expensive. Apparently they did a favor for the Obscura folks and just charged the normal entry. In essence the fee is $25 per hour per photographer up to 5 people. After 5 the same fees apply but
you need a $1,000,000 insurance policy -- not expensive but....
Jim

 

[NeumaticPants]

Thanks for looking into it. I think Ill pass if its that expensive.

 

[Pat Trev]

I'll see how many more people I can drum up. Sounds like alot of fun!

Pat
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http://lookoutphoto.com

 

[Pat Trev]

I'm still in if anybody wants to go... At least we don't need 15 people. We can hit Jack's Firehouse after.

Pat
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[Pat Trev]

After reviewing their website, I think there is some confusion. It looks to ME that the 25$ hour is a fee to use their premises professionally, including using models and props for PRIVATE shoots. We're not there to do that. I think you can go with as many people as you like as long as you act normal and don't block the walkways. Here's their photo info: http://www.easternstate.org/visit/options.php

I think we can go for the normal rate.

Pat

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[NeumaticPants]

Normal rate sounds better than $25/hour. I'm in.

 

[Jim Cummings]

Agreed, we can go for the normal rate but you then can't visit any of the normally closed areas where i got the pix. Still might be fun and might be some great pix but, depending on when we went and how crowded it might be. A weekday in April would be best, before vacations begin and avoiding weekend visitors.
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Jim