when the show finally started
we were all so addicted to spectacle:
the drama of the media and celebrity lives, our
huge cineplexes and large-screen tvs, the
cacophony of arena concerts and the overblown importance
we gave our own silly little struggles.
we were like the romans with their bread and circuses
we were in the colosseum enjoying our pageants and staged conflicts
while all the signs around us were pointing one way:
to our own ruin.
there came a point, however, when we could no longer ignore
the fact that we were addicted to poisoning everything that was vital to us.
food stopped growing in the tainted soil, the air itself became toxic, waters rose and cities fell
you would have thought with our taste for the electrifying harmony of discord
that we would have revelled in it, but it was all so different
when the show finally began.
there was no audience to witness it for we were all playing a part.
we were the ones on the stage, and the
epic tragedies being played out
were now our own lives.—-—-—-—-—-—-—
photo taken in juanita de brogas magnet middle school
more of my work is on www.abandonedamerica.org
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Kevin Kroeker
This is excellent! I would loove to find something like this to shoot! BRAVO!!!!!
Ron Fitzgerald
By the look of this. The show looks to be over. But hopefuly not for us, a great find well taken and presented.
Ron
blackoutangel replied
sadly, it is over – the roof and balconies have since collapsed from what i hear, vandals have trashed the place and pried off the murals on the far wall. it disgusts me that people would trash such an awe-inspiring theater.
Daryl Gordon
very cool excellent light
ericseyes
Awesome shot, good color and detail.
midzing
brilliant image,,,,,,,,,,, well done
Charles McKean
Fab
izzybeth
This is a gorgeous photograph.
Stephen Rowsell
oh my what a find! I’m turning green over here with envy. beautiful work!
Michael McCasland
This is an amazing find and composition!
jamie marcelo
WOW!! amazing shot!
Lindsay Blamey
dead-set wonderful!
Harlan Mayor
Excellent! Amazing how the curtains stand out against the ruins of everything else.
witchy
BRILLIANT
Simon Whittaker
Briliiant.
justimagine
Beautiful find and brilliant words. I am surprised to see the curtains still standing and in good shape!
Hans Goepel
You’re a lucky man to fiend this beautiful things love the picture.
Simon Duckworth
wonderful makes me very jealous.. lol did you manage to take any other photos there, close ups of pealing paint etc?
blackoutangel replied
yep – they’re on my website, www.abandonedamerica.org – just go to the hospital/asylums index from the main page, then juanita de brogas magnet middle school from there. :)
justlinda
Very impressive…......
Antanas
Beautiful shot
Simon Duckworth
cheers will check them out
Rinkydink
fab as always
justimagine
I have just visited www.abandonedamerica.org and have to say its the best quality set of visuals I have ever seen.
blackoutangel replied
it is very kind of you to say so. it’s a project that’s taken me 4+ years and i’m still doing my best to improve it. if you or anyone else wants to know when gallery showings or new sites are added to abandonedamerica.org, just send me an email at admin@abandonedamerica.org – i have a pretty big one coming up in the next day or two :)
justjen
You just don’t know what this means to me. We had a theater when I was growing up in my hometown that is almost an exact replica of this but the curtains were gold. It is now dilapidated and waiting to be torn down. Such a moving piece for me…...thank you.
robpixaday
Oh,man. I can’t think of adjectives any more, that can say how moving these images are—and how wonderfully photographed.
Amazing…..
budrfli
wonderful arena and the depiction of life you have described!
Philip Johnson
stunning always sad to see old theatres abandoned
Lois Bryan
extraordinary …
Béla Török
Great capture!
Dafs
Beautifully worded, powerful passage to accompany yet another fantastic shot.
I always look forward to seeing your work
Joy Grassman
fabulous
Charles Bodi
Awesome!
Richard Shepherd
Superb shot, not often you see the seats still in cinemas when they are done. Great capture.
~Shepy
Mugsy
Excellent work and use of colour/lighting!
brigusser
Spooky…....Great capture.
Stephen Mitchell
It always staggers me when councils cannot save heritage architecture. I am glad you were able to capture these photographs before both time and vandalism stole this moment in history. Loving colouring on the curtains.