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Abandoned Photography Workshop in the Trans Allegheny Asylum

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Explore the Forgotten at a Unique Abandoned Photography Workshop

Location: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Duration: 3 Days
Focus: Private Access + Alternative Processing

Photograph History in Decay

Challenge your creativity at one of America’s most haunting photography locations: the abandoned Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Built in 1862, this vast, crumbling structure was once home to patients and early psychiatric practices. Now in ruin, it offers an extraordinary setting to explore patterns, textures, broken windows, and eerie remnants of a bygone era.

A Creative Experience Unlike Any Other

Photographing abandoned spaces forces you to look differently at light, composition, and emotion. If you’ve hit a creative plateau, this is the perfect way to push boundaries and rekindle inspiration.

What’s Included

  • Private access to the asylum for 3 full days

  • Model stations throughout the space for styled, conceptual photography

  • Plenty of freedom to explore and focus only on architectural/abandoned scenes if preferred

  • Multiple buildings with space to spread out and shoot at your own pace

  • Instruction and alternative processing techniques to enhance your visual storytelling

Ready to step outside your comfort zone? This abandoned photography workshop is for those who want to see differently, shoot boldly, and grow as artists.

23 Nov 2025 - 25 Nov 2025   | 7:00 pm - 5:00 pm

$2800

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, South River Avenue, Weston, WV, USA

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DAY 1: Sat, Nov 22

– Meet & Greet 7:00pm


DAY 2: Sun, Nov 23

– Breakfast

– 9:00am Photographing Models Class

– 11:00am -5:00pm Asylum Photo Session with lunch on location


DAY 3: Mon, Nov 24

– Breakfast

– Sunrise at the Asylum

– Full Day Asylum Photo Session

– Lunch break

– Sunset Photo Session Asylum


DAY 4: Tue, Nov 25

– Breakfast

– Sunrise at the Asylum

– Full Day Asylum Photo Session

– Lunch break

– Workshop Concludes at approx 5pm


Dec 10: PROCESSING CLASS

– 7:00pm EST Live Zoom processing class


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23 Nov 2025 - 25 Nov 2025   | 7:00 pm - 5:00 pm

$2800

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