Abandoned Theme Parks

1) I would want to go to Six Flags in New Orleans. I have read another article about it before and saw a bunch more pictures that were taken. It was actually really creepy, and I want to go and see it for myself because it looks like something from a horror movie instead of from real life. I think that it would be a good idea to try to get some pictures of the creepy aspects from the park, but with lighting and stuff that makes it show the past happiness it brought people that went to the park before hurricane Katrina.

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photo taken by Keo 101

photo taken by Bob McMillan/FEMA

3) I think some other unusual places for photographers to visit could be old concentration camps from the Holocaust, old war sights, places where natural things occur like geysers, the original factories of famous companies like Coca Cola and Hershey's in an interesting way, or maybe marching band rehearsals and performances.

4) On a website called the Jewish Virtual Library, there are many pictures taken by Jack Hazut of concentration camps today. Here is one taken of the gate leading into on the the most famous concentration camps, Auschwitz:

5) I think this wouldn't be a fun photo shoot project, but an interesting one. Not many people realize the conditions there were at concentration camps. Taking photos of the concentration camps will help to show people what they looked like, and get a feel for what maybe it was like to wake up there. Last year in my English class, we learned a lot about the Holocaust, and we looked at a lot of pictures. These photos show a lot of emotion, without involving people, and I think that is good. Yes, I agree the Holocaust was horrible, but these photos can help us learn more about it so it doesn't happen again.

6) If I were to go to concentration camps, I would take the simplest things, so that the pictures can be as pure as possible. So I would of course take my camera, my tripod, maybe a lens with better zoom, and that is pretty much it. I would probably spend a week in a hotel and go everyday to Auschwitz and other camps in the area. I would try to take pictures of the buildings with the sun in the background, to create shadows of the victims, but also to show the hope that some people had, that things would get better and they would escape.

Another article about the Six Flags New Orleans theme park, with more pictures: (http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/creepy-crusty-crumbling-illegal-tour-of-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-75-pics/)