Once the heavy wooden door of this cave closed it was complete darkness. On the floor was a grate. No sink or toilet or running water. No windows. Just a long cave-like hallway into this room you see here. Just you and the hot dessert sun baking you to death in darkness like an oven. "> Once the heavy wooden door of this cave closed it was complete darkness. On the floor was a grate. No sink or toilet or running water. No windows. Just a long cave-like hallway into this room you see here. Just you and the hot dessert sun baking you to death in darkness like an oven. "/>
Solitary Life
Uploaded: April 05, 2017 01:51:37 | Entered: April 05, 2017 01:56:58
Old historical Yuma, Arizona Prison
This was solitary confinement.
It was called "DARK CELL".
Once the heavy wooden door of this cave closed it was complete darkness. On the floor was a grate. No sink or toilet or running water. No windows. Just a long cave-like hallway into this room you see here. Just you and the hot dessert sun baking you to death in darkness like an oven.
Ujjwal Mukherjee April 05, 2017
Wonderful play of light and shadow, very well seen and captured, Laura!. I first read about the life in a solitary confinement in Henri Charriere's story and the famous book, Papillon, it was dreadful. #1683326charmaine Fivaz April 05, 2017
Laura well done, nice capture #11580049Douglas Pignet April 05, 2017
kewl capture and great title #11580051Harvey A. Ravitch April 05, 2017
Great thinking here! Wonderful light, & image. Excellent. #11580073
Teresa Burnett
April 05, 2017
John Connolly April 05, 2017
Not many of the comforts of home here Sister Swanee! What a dreadful way to live! #11580211
Nancy L. Green
April 05, 2017
Joanna Kovalcsik
April 06, 2017
Ann H. Belus
April 06, 2017
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer April 09, 2017
WOW! This is powerful, SSSLala. It gives me the creeps. If it were a movie, I would need a hand to hold :)
Laura E. Swan
May 31, 2017
(SSS)Laura :) #11601937
Harvey A. Ravitch May 31, 2017 1
This is Fantastic, & SO Real! It is one scary image, & unimaginable place to be stuck in ! This shot is Brilliant & So Well Deserving! Go For Gold! #11601939Kirsten Kiki Kjaer May 31, 2017 1
Yayyyyyyy!! Staff Fav! I'm voting for gold :) :) #11601945
Laura E. Swan
May 31, 2017
Joannie Bertucci
May 31, 2017
Joanna Kovalcsik
May 31, 2017
Laura E. Swan
May 31, 2017
Jeff Robinson
June 01, 2017
Ujjwal Mukherjee June 01, 2017
Congratulations on this wonderful Winner,Laura!! #11602737
Chris Budny
June 01, 2017
Harvey A. Ravitch June 01, 2017
Gold for Golden ! Congratulations, so Scary & So Memeorable! #11603008
Ann H. Belus
June 01, 2017
Terry Cervi
June 01, 2017
Emile Abbott
June 01, 2017
Bojan Bencic
June 02, 2017
Val Feldman
June 02, 2017
Joannie Bertucci
June 02, 2017
Teresa Burnett
June 02, 2017
Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 04, 2017
Hi SSSLala. Gold looks SO good on this amazing creation. Huge congratulations!!! #11604411
Laura E. Swan
June 04, 2017
Terry Cervi
July 24, 2017
Joanna Kovalcsik
July 24, 2017
Teresa L. Brooks July 24, 2017
Very eerie. So sad, sometimes there is a fate worse than death. Congrats on the double gold. #11623982
Lydia Williams
July 24, 2017
Chuck Green
July 24, 2017
Jeff Robinson
July 24, 2017
Colleen Edwards
July 25, 2017
Harvey A. Ravitch July 25, 2017
Congratulations! This image belongs as POTD, & with a Gold! #11624415
Amanda D. Austwick
July 26, 2017
Gord MacEachern July 28, 2017
Great big congrats Laura !! #11625628
Ray
July 28, 2017
John Connolly July 28, 2017
Congratulations on your POTD Sister Swanee! WTG. #11625751
Laura E. Swan
July 31, 2017
Thank you all so much for the congratulations. I really appreciate them.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL!
And Thank You BP Judges! What a wonderful thing! .
-Laura :D #11626797
John Koepfer @PresentPleasures August 03, 2017
Laura, congratulations on your double Gold image, it is a very powerful in its presentation!! #11627593
Laura L. Gonzales
December 18, 2018
Laura E. Swan
December 18, 2018
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