17
Votes
Chris Adval's picture

Eastern State Penitentiary

Historical property Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.
It's a few years old but one of my top 10 favorites shots I've ever shot in my life. Check out the whole series on my website here - http://chrisadvalproductions.com/cms/gallery/eastern-state-penitentiary/
When I went their I saw not just great historical property but a very rich architectural design in my opinion.

Canon REBEL T2i
24mm · f/13.0 · 1/60s · ISO 800
Log in or register to post comments
5 Comments

Very nicely done! I was there last year and shot a similar photo with an infrared camera. Other than rust, there's very little color to the place.

How did you get access to take this shot?

It's open to the public with a ticket to access to the public safe areas in the prison. There are other areas where its only tour guide but not enough time to stop to take pics really, you can but you gotta be very quick or you'd slow down the whole group and everyone will give you angry faces. I'm sure if you pay for a tour guide for the entire prison I'm sure they'll give you a decent rate for that too.

I live in Montreal but honestly I love old prisons and I would make the drive for this. Do you have the address?

2027 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130