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The Stanley

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado served as Stephen King's inspiration for his novel The Shining.

 

I felt the photo needed to be expansive with the hotel being prominent but not focal. I wanted to try and recreate the feelings of loneliness, despair and desperation that were so prevalent as I read the book and watched both film adaptations. That was pretty hard to achieve considering out of frame, below the hotel is a bustling tourist town.

 

I recommend anyone who is into psychological horror as opposed to the snuff porn that passes for horror these days, give the book a chance. Then the Stanley Kubrik film. Then the ABC event. In that order.

 

I also have a textured version that has an even creepier look and feel that I may post later on.

 

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Uploaded on August 19, 2010
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