Monastery

The inside of a prison cell... Sort of like a monastery, only not.

Missouri State Penitentiary, 1836-2004, now vacant. Another shot from my recent visit this past weekend... such an amazing place to photograph. Last year, color spoke to me - this year, the black and white seems to be more appealing.

Thanks for taking time to visit, especially during my "prison week," which is not entirely cheerful.

[Melissa Michaud]

Such cool textures and light!

[Deborar]

Beautiful, mysterious, great black and white.

[Call me Joe]

I dunno but gives me goosebumps, nice capture tho' Ms. Kerr

[Hayley Maxwell]

Another fab one!

[Graeme Stevens]

Awesome shot

[gloria jones]

Neat b/w shot of this austere cell

[Taffy]

Totally creepy with the peeling walls and wire beds...I fully expect a ghost to rise up and greet me.

[Cathie]

Very atmospheric shot, Rosie.

[HelenM]

Love this. Great use of the light

[Debs Stott]

Looks so austere, wonderfully atmospheric.

[Joyce]

Wonderful the way you've captured the atmosphere Rosie

[Katrina]

Great capture. Perfect in black and white. Fav

[Lynda McG]

Very atmospheric in b&w - fav

[Richard Sayer]

Wouldn't want this any other way... easy Fav.

[Ruby Shepherd]

so atmospheric... great shot

[Hazel]

Powerful shot!

[Tom]

Fantastic b & w, so much texture, wonderful use of the window, the light and shadow

[ClearDay]

Fantastic shot, great capture of detail and texture

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot.

[Elizma Fourie]

Love, love love this

[Kas]

This is amazing in B&W.

[Kathy]

The B&W seems to capture the mood.

[Marnie]

B&W is spot-on for this shot of a rather chilling subject. Great photo.

[Jane Pittenger]

Light, composition, conversion all spot on for creating the mood

[☠northy]

This is awesomely done

[Jerome]

Beautifully captured! Wonderful details!

[John Falconer]

Great black and white. Well done.

[Trinda Love]

FAV, wow, really great BW processing on this shot. Impressive!

[Shy Abel]

Everything about this photo is just fantastic, a photo with a story and light is in all the right places 😍

[belinda]

you have certainly captured the austerity and coldness of the space. Great series by the way.

[Ed Wouters]

excellent