Dewitt Hospital Room, Williamsburg, VA – Early 19th Century
Fuji X-T1, XF18-135mm @ 52mm, f/6.4, 1/50 sec, ISO 3200
Sixty years later than my previous post, this was a typical inmate room. What a contrast in how they thought of a person inflicted with mental illness. Things are getting better! The windows were still covered with iron bars.
Dewitt Hospital Room, Williamsburg, VA – Mid 18th Century
Fuji X-T1, XF18-135mm @ 23mm, f/5.6, 1/40 sec, ISO 3200
Wishing your New Year is better than the poor fellow that lived in this hospital room. The Dewitt Hospital was the first mental institution in British North America. This room depicts how inmates were treated in the mid 18th century. Notice the shackles! The single window was encased in bars. They did not want afflicted people back out in public. How things have changed!
Without getting fancy, I tried to adjust the light tonality to the way I pictured the room.