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An overgrown axeman
leaves waking life for yellow hell
overgrown drain control Kubrick’s famous film, The Shining is one of my favorites and features a family living in an empty, isolated hotel that may or may not be haunted. When I shot the Mt. Madonna Inn, an abandoned but once beautiful 60's era mountaintop restaurant, it had a few eerie similarities to this masterpiece. Mount Madonna is rumored to be, itself, haunted. It’s been empty for close to two decades. And the Mt. Madonna Inn is far from paranormally inert. Since it’s opening, it has been subject to numerous accounts of tragedy. A man simply collapsed and died on the dance floor (pictured in slide). A boy was found behind the property after having been stabbed over 75 times. And a woman was found shot to death in her car. Some say these deaths are the reason the inn closed in the late naughts. All of this culminated to me feeling incredibly unwelcome from the moment I crossed the threshold onto the grounds of the Mt. Madonna Inn. Throughout the film, the aforementioned family seems to slowly lose their grip on reality and descent into madness. And while I didn’t bust through any doors with an axe or kill a psychic chef, I felt this to an extent. Throughout my time inside the grounds, I found myself speaking to no-one in particular. I also felt extremely uncomfortable turning by back to any of the many locked doors and dark, cluttered room. My headlamp and camera flash did nothing to ease this anxiety. It was, by far, my most uncomfortable time with my camera. To honor The Shining and my unease, these images include a few references to the film in color, tone, and subject. Maybe you’ll recognize them, maybe you won’t, but either way,I hope you enjoy my photos


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