KINGS PARK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER. From 2018 to 2019 I made dozens of trips to Nissequogue River State Park to photograph the remaining buildings of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center which has been sitting idle and abandoned since 1996. Vast, melancholy, and aesthetically overwhelming, Kings Park Psychiatric Center was once the pride of the local community of Kings Park, NY and treated 10,000 patients at its peak operation in the 1950s. This project stemmed from my profound interest in and emotional obligation to document this historical relic of Long Island. In turn, these images show the result of decades of neglect and decay after deinstutionalization.
The selected images below are part of my photographic essay and coffee table photo book, The Walls Still Talk: A Photographic Journey Through Kings Park Psychiatric Center. The book can be purchased here.
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Drone Flyover
Building 3