I Stumbled Upon An Abandoned Dentist’s House In Connecticut Filled With Vintage Stuff (24 Pics)
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.
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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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Share on FacebookThis 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.
Load More Replies...This!!! My house gets more dust in a month than this "abandoned" house has. Did he dust everything before he photographed it?
Load More Replies...I inherited a lot of furniture from my parents—-the same furniture I grew up with. I now have that exact SAME bed frame in my bedroom (part of a set). It’s not turn of the last century like most of the rest of the furniture in the dentist’s house. It’s post-WWII, because that’s when my father got out of the Army, and its married officers’ housing, and my parents were finally able to buy their own house and pick out furniture. Is the house unoccupied because someone’s contesting the will, and the person it was left to can’t move in until it’s settled? I mean, if someone left me a house and land in their will, I would either move in if I lived and worked close enough by, or clean it up, take whatever furniture, etc I wanted, or divide it up with my siblings or other family members, sell any valuable leftovers, donate the rest, while offering to sell it to family. If they don’t want it, I’d be calling a realtor to sell it for me (I know better than to attempt a FSBO, there’s a reason there are licensed professionals selling real estate).
Having worked in a business associated with real estate and recently selling a property to a next door neighbor (who was a real estate agent, btw), BUT without using a real estate agent, I found out title companies really do all the essential paper work. Anything you sign with a RE firm is simply a contract for them to exclusively market your property for a certain period of time... and for you to pay them a percentage of the selling price for the privilege of "marketing" it.
Load More Replies...Yeah, right, just illegaly break into someone's house and take photos like it's yours! /s
You sure like to fill in the blanks with all sorts of false narratives... I didn't read or see anything in this article about breaking in.
Load More Replies...It's not "abandoned", if it's not your house you're breaking and entering.
How about leaving people's property alone? If it isn't yours, don't break and enter and rifle around. What you think is "abandoned" still belongs to someone, on land that still belongs to someone. What a creepy hobby.
Calling BS on the “abandoned” aspect. Seems staged. Hoarder central but too perfectly placed to be abandoned. Where in Connecticut? Why would he just go into a home he has no clue as to who is in there and what is in there (rats? Squatters?)
Why did they Abandon it? Why leave all their stuff? What's the story?
I really want to know, why they left and did so, taking none of their things except the bare minimum, probably.
This would be a great creepy story if the occupants suddenly returned and caught this guy in their house and it turned out not to be an actual dentist, but just a serial killer couple with tooth "trophies" of previous "visitors".
This looks like my grandparents’ house... As a photographer, I truly appreciate your work. I get the sense that you have reverence for your subjects. I feel as if they were pleased to be remembered. Thanks for sharing the awesome work. ~V~
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.
Load More Replies...This!!! My house gets more dust in a month than this "abandoned" house has. Did he dust everything before he photographed it?
Load More Replies...I inherited a lot of furniture from my parents—-the same furniture I grew up with. I now have that exact SAME bed frame in my bedroom (part of a set). It’s not turn of the last century like most of the rest of the furniture in the dentist’s house. It’s post-WWII, because that’s when my father got out of the Army, and its married officers’ housing, and my parents were finally able to buy their own house and pick out furniture. Is the house unoccupied because someone’s contesting the will, and the person it was left to can’t move in until it’s settled? I mean, if someone left me a house and land in their will, I would either move in if I lived and worked close enough by, or clean it up, take whatever furniture, etc I wanted, or divide it up with my siblings or other family members, sell any valuable leftovers, donate the rest, while offering to sell it to family. If they don’t want it, I’d be calling a realtor to sell it for me (I know better than to attempt a FSBO, there’s a reason there are licensed professionals selling real estate).
Having worked in a business associated with real estate and recently selling a property to a next door neighbor (who was a real estate agent, btw), BUT without using a real estate agent, I found out title companies really do all the essential paper work. Anything you sign with a RE firm is simply a contract for them to exclusively market your property for a certain period of time... and for you to pay them a percentage of the selling price for the privilege of "marketing" it.
Load More Replies...Yeah, right, just illegaly break into someone's house and take photos like it's yours! /s
You sure like to fill in the blanks with all sorts of false narratives... I didn't read or see anything in this article about breaking in.
Load More Replies...It's not "abandoned", if it's not your house you're breaking and entering.
How about leaving people's property alone? If it isn't yours, don't break and enter and rifle around. What you think is "abandoned" still belongs to someone, on land that still belongs to someone. What a creepy hobby.
Calling BS on the “abandoned” aspect. Seems staged. Hoarder central but too perfectly placed to be abandoned. Where in Connecticut? Why would he just go into a home he has no clue as to who is in there and what is in there (rats? Squatters?)
Why did they Abandon it? Why leave all their stuff? What's the story?
I really want to know, why they left and did so, taking none of their things except the bare minimum, probably.
This would be a great creepy story if the occupants suddenly returned and caught this guy in their house and it turned out not to be an actual dentist, but just a serial killer couple with tooth "trophies" of previous "visitors".
This looks like my grandparents’ house... As a photographer, I truly appreciate your work. I get the sense that you have reverence for your subjects. I feel as if they were pleased to be remembered. Thanks for sharing the awesome work. ~V~
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