Abandoned Theme Parks

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

   I would personally like to go to "Nara Dreamland" in Japan. I would like to do this because of the wonderfully bright colors that still seem to stay "untouched" in the way. I personally and terrified of abandoned theme parks, so I would like to go to the happiest looking one that there is. Most of the park is outside, and I love the idea of bright natural lighting in a sort of sad place.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

- Grandmother's old house in Mexico City

- Grandfather's old house in New York

- Mall Parking lot

- Whataburger

- Downtown austin neighborhood

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

No one has taken a picture in the way that I want to. they took pictures for a commercial reason, not in an "emotional" way.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

    I would like to document Downtown Austin Neighborhoods. I would like to do this because Austin is such a beautiful and diverse place, why wouldn't the houses at the center of Austin show that same diversity? All of those houses show a different story of the people of Austin. The colors and design ideas will be one of a kind at every house.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.

   I would just need a ride and a camera, that's why I like this idea so much. It is so close to home.