fyrephreak

Posted in news by fyrephreak on 2008-07-11. Viewed 1124 time(s).

Well over a year ago, I approached various industrial companies operating inside interesting and historical buildings with the intent of securing permission to photograph and document locations that I had deemed to be too active to attempt. Several were outright refusals, one told me they would get back to me, every time I called for a month, and yet another entangled me in so much liability and insurance requirements it would have cost well over a thousand dollars for the priviledge of setting foot on thier hallowed grounds.

Having attempted the proper way and being quite rudely and effectively stonewalled, it became clear that the safer, more cost-effective route turned out to be the one I had already been following. The adage "it is easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission" proved to be especially poignant, considering the fact that asking forgiveness requires being discovered in the first place. The first few accesses of the structure in the attached photographs were at night, without a single light source provided and a great hesitance to use anything larger than my LED torch in the hazardous condition the normal operations of this facility presented.

After returning well before sunset, I was delighted by the amount of light I had to work with. A building I had only known engulfed in perfect darkness was on display. seeping through every dingy and cracked windopane to expose the secrets I had only known as shadows and objects that bruised my shins.