Forgotten prison mannequins, photography by Jan Stel

Forgotten prison mannequins, photography by Jan Stel





Sometimes abandoned places are housing strange unexpected things such as dozens of men and woman mannequins.
This old forgotten part in a still very active Eastern European prison is both intriguing and creepy as well.

“The human eye is far more sensitive than a camera lens and picks up minor as well as major differences in a scene. Because the photo camera is limited in its ability, I capture the image in multiple exposures. The scene my eye has seen and that which the camera is unable to pick up is what fascinate me. I want to reassert this sensitivity. I do this by brushing the photographed brackets into a sort of light painting, similar to what the dark room masters and painters of old used to do”.

Jan Stel: website