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Some days, you just get lucky – yesterday was no exception. After scouting 3 places, I went abandonment hunting and found something strange. Village of the Damned is set in the middle of a wood, its the remains of an abandoned village – still left is some houses, a chapel, restaurant and theatre. There is also the remains of a large manor house which is partly demolished – very close to the site is a redevelopment of houses with builders and site security working 24/7

I had scouted a newly vacated mental clinic early in the morning, a tower block and a abandoned restaurant and leisure complex, got some good intel and will be back this weekend to shoot one of them.

Driving around hunting, I saw a building site so took a drive into it – thats when I saw the partly demolished manor house. The site was full of builders and a site security post so I took a drive, dumped my car in a field and went to enter the site from the reverse. After doing some climbing to just get into the wood, I made my way up a track – it struck me it looked very man made

Title: If you go down to the woods today… by sophos9, on Flickr
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It looked pretty eerie but when I came to end of it, I noticed buildings – it was only when I got closer that I realised it was a restaurant and something else

Title: Abandoned Restaurant Menu by sophos9, on Flickr
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It was only when I got inside that I realised what else was there, an abandoned theatre – was amazed. It was pitch black in there, I had with me the same lighting packs we used in the Chemical Labs in Berlin when we shot that place in the dark, after lighting it up – I saw the once grand centre stage and went for the grand tour

Title: The abandoned theatre by sophos9, on Flickr
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Leaving the theatre, I headed down another track and found more buildings, a row of houses, one large bungalow and a chapel. The place is massively overgrown which was fun, I had not expected this and was wearing jeans and sneakers, feet and legs were soaked

Title: Abandoned overnight, only silence remains by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Houses in the Abandoned Village by sophos9, on Flickr
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Inside the houses, they looked OK – stripped completely but OK. Also noticed there is no vandalism what so ever

Title: You are home now… by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Inside the abandoned houses by sophos9, on Flickr
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I had not been able to take a tripod, it was left in the car so all the shots were single shots, no HDR and no tonemap process

The church was great, had been ripped apart but great – looks like the result of a horror film

Title: Church of the Damned by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Inside the village church by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Abandoned Chapel in the Village by sophos9, on Flickr
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On the way out, I found additional buildings – this was some messed up stable with Xmas tree lights, candle and straw – I had also noticed mattresses in the theatre so think at some time, a transient has had a nice stay

Title: Beautiful decay by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Former home of the village caretaker? by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Gothic Chamber? by sophos9, on Flickr
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Title: Looking at me through the glass… by sophos9, on Flickr
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And that was it, I did make a little video of some of the place – its done with an iPhone 4 in HD, dont expect too much hahaha

Hope you enjoyed you tour of the "Village of the Damned"

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