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hotel of decay
This hotel in eastern Germany was build in the early 20th century as a sanatorium until the end of the WWII - Then the russians came over and took it and threw everyone out - Later it was used for a long time by the SED and you still can find many stuff from that time, also documents with reports to the SED leadership and such things. The mostly ugly DDR style is still everywhere in this actually wonderful building.
Touched by the deep history i walked through the halls and catched the unique mood and lovely evening light.
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Elena Gerlach 10 months ago
I am so fallen in love with your work! Its amazeing, it is just that, what I love and want to do! I admire your work somehow;). The light and perspektives you see and use, the places you choose... I cant get enough of it.
Ralf Stelander 2 years ago
Missed this one, cool and eerie!
Paul Boomsma 3 years ago
Awesome,I love it.
Grtz,
Paul.
Mephisto 3 years ago
hey sven, you're doing great with these abandoned buildings, awesome colors and tones! i live in Leipzig and am working on a book about abandoned places in east germany. would you mind sharing where exactly this is in Thüringen?
Sven Fennema  Thanks you very much Mephisto,
do you have a homepage or some personal background information, i'm not comfortable giving away such places without knowing
final toto 3 years ago
wow.. wonderful idea!
Sven Fennema  Thank you!
Repro 3 years ago
What a beautiful mood you have created here, Sven!

Sven Fennema  Thanks Repro! Just tried to catch what i felt - Glad that it finally worked!
Norbert Maier 3 years ago
Really love it!!
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Norbert!
fahdysalim 3 years ago
dreamy a the same time
Sven Fennema  Thanks!
Anna Lepke 3 years ago
The light is fabulous.
So moody.
Interesting story.
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much for your kind words Anna!
Suren Manvelyan 3 years ago
Fascinating light, compositiona, and mood!
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Suren, i appreciate!
Peter Kemp 3 years ago
congrats Sven grat pic with lots of nice atmosphere Super shot
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Peter!
joan kocak 3 years ago
excellent, such light!
Sven Fennema  Thank you Joan!
Tineke Visscher 3 years ago
You managed to bring the whole atmospere into the picture. Beautiful captured!
Sven Fennema  Glad to see that i was able to catch it, thanks Tineke!
Dragan Jovancevic 3 years ago
the ghost of the past still haunts this place. wonderfulatmosphere, somehere between divine and spooky
Sven Fennema  Absolutely, glad to see that i was able to catch this in the picture, many thanks!
Alexander OBrien 3 years ago
Almost dream-like!
Sven Fennema  Then it's like it should be :) Many thanks Alexander!
Ploon 3 years ago
Such beautiful light.
Very nice composition.
Sven Fennema  Many thanks Ploon!
Wonderful!
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Angela!
Ben Goossens 3 years ago
Strong light and colors:-)
Sven Fennema  Thanks Ben!
Ruhrpottlady 3 years ago
Ja, sensationell in Szene gesetzt!
Sven Fennema  Vielen Dank!
Barbara Orienti 3 years ago
Love the light...great atmosphere...!
B
Sven Fennema  Thanks Barbara!
Thomas Holtkoetter 3 years ago
As the others are saying : The light is stunning !
Well done, Sven !
Sven Fennema  Many thanks Thomas!
Ramiro De Leon 3 years ago
This is amazing!! Excellent! The lighting is superb.
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Ramiro!
Monique 3 years ago
what a strange place!
what a atmosphere!
great.
Sven Fennema  Thank you so much Monique!
KPK 3 years ago
Absolutely great.
Super handling of light!
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Peter!
Don T. 3 years ago
Very nice
Sven Fennema  Thanks Don!
moses stell 3 years ago
fantastic...
Sven Fennema  Thanks Moses!
The light is just amazing. The time is freezed in this photo for ever. I can even see some ghosts!!!
Sven Fennema  Thanks so much Kaveh, oh yes the Stasi is everywhere and hiding :)
Raul Alexandre 3 years ago
fabulous environment...................
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much Raul!
Pedro Sacadura 3 years ago
nice!
Sven Fennema  Thanks Pedro!
Balazs Pataki 3 years ago
My favourite scary picture. Don't look at it at midnight. Even if you didn't want it this way, that deep corridor gives me the creeps. Maybe because I lived in the 70s in East-Berlin and the whole atmosphere was a little scary for me as a child. Especially if you're taught in the Grundschule that the BRD-Fascists are ready to come and kill little kids like me and only the glorious Soviet Army is there to protect us. No kidding...
Sven Fennema  Thank you very much! I can imagine how it must have been as a child to live there...it is scary how propaganda worked, many stuff which happened is just unbelievable, like the whole Stasi history - many stuff really hard to believe!
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Equipment
eos 400d
Location
Thuringia
Date
20090509
Tags
ABANDONED, DDR, STAIRCASE
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