Here is a photo I took with my drone outside the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary Indiana. Of course, this was taken during the filming of “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment”. I don’t think we used it in the film, but I liked this photo regardless.
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I took this photo in March (right before COVID blew up our world) on our urban exploration trip to Gary Indiana. As you know by now, that was the last @TeamShutterRush trip which resulted in our 2nd film on Amazon Prime. This specific location was an abandoned classroom.
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Today’s post is from an abandoned hospital in Gary Indiana. I captured this during the filming of “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment”. This abandoned hospital is in very rough shape. Interestingly, the other half was converted into a City of Gary Police department. So, we were careful not to draw attention to ourselves. I think this was supply storeroom for their surgical rooms.
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No, this isn’t a fireworks photo from this holiday weekend. This photo was created with steel wool inside the boiler room of an abandoned school in Gary Indiana. Jason was spinning while Blair, Jake and I captured photos. This is one of my photos from that moment, which was part of the great Shutter Rush weekend. You can see the documentary of that weekend on Amazon Prime.
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If you took the time to watch our new film (Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment) on Amazon Prime and liked it, please do us a favor and give it 5 Stars on Amazon.
I got some great news today!! The 2nd episode of “Shutter Rush” was released on Amazon Prime. You can search for it by name “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment” or by my name (Brook Ward). The second episode was recorded in mid-March, right before COVID-19 hit the United States and was recorded in Gary Indiana. I was a day late arriving because of COVID work requirements. The guys got a jump start waiting on me. While exploring a ton of abandoned buildings we filmed our experience and took a bunch of photographs.
Big thanks to my Shutter Rush partners Jason Pohuski (@jasonpohuski) and Jake Mysliwczyk (@jakemysliwczykphoto) for all their work on both films. Jason has done the bulk of the editing, while also providing tons of energy, crazy video/photo ideas and continues to drive us on these projects. Jake helps edit while bringing great ideas, creativity and amazing photos (and some piano skills…check that out in the film). I’m the old guy of the group, who is just happy to tag along and I hope I add a little value.
Regardless, I’m proud to be associated with these wonderful partners. I also want to thank Blair Ward (@fordrsfan), Mike Criswell (@mcriswellphoto) and Bob Lussier (@lussierphoto) for joining us on the Gary Indiana trip. Their friendship and contribution to the film is appreciated.
Please check it out on Amazon Prime and enjoy!!
Here is another photo from our Shutter Rush road trip to Gary Indiana. This is an abandoned school auditorium with Blair below me setting up his camera.
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I captured this beauty during our Gary Indiana exploration of abandoned buildings. This is from inside an abandoned school…honestly, I don’t remember which school. I liked this view with the graffiti through the broken glass.
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Right before the COVID outbreak in the United States, a few of us completed a road trip to Gary Indiana for the sole purpose of photographing a bunch of abandoned buildings. This is one of the many gyms we explored during trip.
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I’m going to do my best to relax this weekend and reduce my stress level. I hope you do as well. I’m starting my long weekend by posting this photo from Gary Indiana. I took this photo during the filming of “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment” which will be released later this spring/early summer.
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During the recent trip to Gary Indiana to film the 2nd Episode of “Shutter Rush” (look for it in the near future on Amazon Prime), we completed some Steel Wool photos in a number of locations. Jason did all the spinning while Jake, Blair, Mike, Bob and I captured it with video, photo and sound. This is from the basement of the abandoned U.S. Post Office.
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I know tons of folks are posting cool Coronavirus blogs, photos, memes and other things that are generally humorous or encouraging others to be serious. As most of you know, I work in healthcare. So, I don’t have the energy right now for either of the above….not that I have a problem with it. I’ll just leave you with this photo taken at an abandoned school in Gary Indiana.
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I’m keeping it short tonight. I captured this beauty in the basement of the abandoned U.S. Post Office in Gary Indiana.
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I was lucky and got to visit Gary Indiana recently with a great group of photographers (Blair, Jason, Jake, Mike and Bob). You might ask, why visit Gary Indiana??? We went to capture the beauty of their numerous abandoned buildings and film our experience for the next edition of “Shutter Rush”, which is now entering post-production. I don’t know the release date yet, but I’m looking forward to watching the final product.
By the way, I captured this photo inside the abandoned Post Office. I love really good graffiti and I appreciate the talent it takes to create art like this. I’m not exactly sure what it says, but I loved how the light comes down through the roof lighting the art.
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