
I Stumbled Upon An Abandoned Dentist’s House In Connecticut Filled With Vintage Stuff (24 Pics)
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I stumbled upon an abandoned dentist’s house in Connecticut filled with all kinds of dental equipment, photographs, books, and antiques.
Have a look inside the dentist’s house with this virtual tour.
Check out my other posts on Bored Panda here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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The exterior
Bored Panda reached out to Bryan to find out a little bit more about him and his work.
First, we asked the artist if they had any major influences in their life that might’ve helped them to develop and refine their photography style.
“Definitely my high school photography teacher and college professors. Other photographers and contemporaries. I look at a lot of photographers’ works and draw a lot of influence from them.”
Rendering images can be quite difficult and can take quite a bit of one’s time therefore we asked Bryan to tell us a little bit about his own rendering process.
“It depends on how happy I am with how the image came out. It can take 5 minutes to a few hours. I’m a bit of a perfectionist.”
The piano room
We also asked about his favorite type of photos since Bryan is a photographer.
“I love photographs that just make you sit and think. Ones that have hidden meanings or ones that are very eye-catching in terms of color, composition, and subjects are favorites. “
We think it’s fair to assume that sometimes creative work can cause quite a burnout, therefore we asked the about how he dealt with that as well.
“Never. I love being creative as much as I can. Sometimes editing can be tedious but I find it worth it for the final photograph.”
Dental items in a bedroom
We also asked them about how people reacted to his work since his photographs are quite unusual, given that Bryan photographs abandoned houses and buildings whenever he travels somewhere.
“They always seem to have a lot of questions. There are a lot of whys’? For me, that is the best kind of reaction because I want them to be intrigued. ”
The creative process is not easy, but there are many enjoyable parts to it, especially when it comes to a subject such as photography.
“Discovering something that excites me to photograph. Finding that perfect subject always excites me the most.”
Teeth up-close
Of course, we were also curious as to why Bryan chose to photograph all of these abandoned buildings as its not his first post here on Bored Panda.
“I love the mystery of not knowing what you’re going to find inside. And I love how some places can take you back into a different time period completely.”
Photography and art, in general, is not easy and requires a lot of patience, time, resources, and in most cases even money, therefore we wanted to know how the talented comic artist started their own career in the art of photography.
“I started in high school with drawing and painting, then photography. Then I went to college for documentary film-making. “
Human teeth
Vanity in a bedroom
Lastly, we asked Bryan about his motivation. What motivates him as a photographer? Is it curiosity, the search for beauty, or meaning?
“All of these. The search for finding something beautiful and mysterious. Something that intrigues me is what motivates me to go and shoot.”
Old tintype photograph
A picture on the wall
Women’s clothes in a bedroom
The bathroom
Upstairs hallway
A filled cabinet
Holiday items and dolls
An upstairs bedroom
Old photographs
More photographs left behind
The kitchen
Upstairs bedroom
Bottles and books
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This house looks really clean to have been "abandoned" ..
This makes me so sad. I wonder who has run through this house before and made such a mess? Animals or people?
Whether it's still owned by a private person or a bank, what gives people the right to trespass? What if they were injured inside? Would they attempt to sue the owner? Sorry. I just think it's wrong.
Because this isn't an abandoned home, it's a staged photo shoot.
This is 100% staged. None of the stuff has dust on it. The clothing has clearly been placed... etc.
Most abandoned buildings aren't as dusty as you might expect.
Some rooms have definitely been staged, all the most liked images appear to have been posed using objects found in other parts of the house, with the chaos and clutter removed. The kitchen and the small bedroom look like most abandoned places I've seen, and haven't been fussed with, the rest are pretty, but staged.
Absolutely agree, Sean.
Sean, I'm not sure how you can claim so if it wasn't.
Probably because the wear and damage to the objects in the picture are all different, even though they would be exposed to the same elements for the same period of time. You have relatively clean objects next to objects that are dirty, worn and decomposing. Plus, you (or the photographer) aren't the only ones doing photo shoots like this.
Bryan, you are the only one who can clarify this. Are they staged and done with permission or are you trespassing?
Curious, how do you come across these places? :)
I thought of that, also something about the 1st couple of pics remind me of a dollhouse.
Thank you for your input
you've never explored a vacant house/building?
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Stop it, Karen.
At the risk of getting downvoted, would you like someone trespassing your property? Just because they’re pointing something out doesn’t make them a Karen.
From the looks of it, no one has lived in that house for at least ten years, and the former resident's heirs (assuming there are any) appear to have little interest in the place, given that they've left a number of potentially valuable antiques to rot. I doubt they'd care.
The problem is that they are making assumptions and then deciding to get mad about that assumption... which is a very typical "Karen" move. Nowhere in this article does it give any indication that the photographer was trespassing.
Well, "I stumbled upon and filmed" doesn't really give the "I know the owner and the building and asked them if I could" impression. Maybe he is intentionally misleading us to increase sales of his photography books. Either way, he posts here and I just asked him if he would like to clarify this for all of us "Karens" K?
He doesn't owe the "Karens" any explanation. plus, it could easily be a multi-step process. (1) stumbled across building (2) investigated who owned it (3) got permission (4) Took photos. Steps 2 and 3 are skipped in the description because they are boring, make it less intriguing and, as you say, reduce sales.
Chill. Nobody said he "owes" anyone anything. I just asked a question--to the only person who can answer it.
This house looks really clean to have been "abandoned" ..
This makes me so sad. I wonder who has run through this house before and made such a mess? Animals or people?
Whether it's still owned by a private person or a bank, what gives people the right to trespass? What if they were injured inside? Would they attempt to sue the owner? Sorry. I just think it's wrong.
Because this isn't an abandoned home, it's a staged photo shoot.
This is 100% staged. None of the stuff has dust on it. The clothing has clearly been placed... etc.
Most abandoned buildings aren't as dusty as you might expect.
Some rooms have definitely been staged, all the most liked images appear to have been posed using objects found in other parts of the house, with the chaos and clutter removed. The kitchen and the small bedroom look like most abandoned places I've seen, and haven't been fussed with, the rest are pretty, but staged.
Absolutely agree, Sean.
Sean, I'm not sure how you can claim so if it wasn't.
Probably because the wear and damage to the objects in the picture are all different, even though they would be exposed to the same elements for the same period of time. You have relatively clean objects next to objects that are dirty, worn and decomposing. Plus, you (or the photographer) aren't the only ones doing photo shoots like this.
Bryan, you are the only one who can clarify this. Are they staged and done with permission or are you trespassing?
Curious, how do you come across these places? :)
I thought of that, also something about the 1st couple of pics remind me of a dollhouse.
Thank you for your input
you've never explored a vacant house/building?
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Stop it, Karen.
At the risk of getting downvoted, would you like someone trespassing your property? Just because they’re pointing something out doesn’t make them a Karen.
From the looks of it, no one has lived in that house for at least ten years, and the former resident's heirs (assuming there are any) appear to have little interest in the place, given that they've left a number of potentially valuable antiques to rot. I doubt they'd care.
The problem is that they are making assumptions and then deciding to get mad about that assumption... which is a very typical "Karen" move. Nowhere in this article does it give any indication that the photographer was trespassing.
Well, "I stumbled upon and filmed" doesn't really give the "I know the owner and the building and asked them if I could" impression. Maybe he is intentionally misleading us to increase sales of his photography books. Either way, he posts here and I just asked him if he would like to clarify this for all of us "Karens" K?
He doesn't owe the "Karens" any explanation. plus, it could easily be a multi-step process. (1) stumbled across building (2) investigated who owned it (3) got permission (4) Took photos. Steps 2 and 3 are skipped in the description because they are boring, make it less intriguing and, as you say, reduce sales.
Chill. Nobody said he "owes" anyone anything. I just asked a question--to the only person who can answer it.