William Penn High School, PA

April 9, 2015 Another dreary day when I visited Philly for the day. I awoke around 6AM to experience the city. Taking my time, I found a parking spot and walked around all day, stopping at any store I wanted, I checked out the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I had no agenda for the day. At night, I got the car from the parking garage and drove to the abandoned William Penn High School to end the day with a bit of an adventure. Getting in wasn’t easy, but I managed to find an entrance and get in without being seen by passerbys on the city street. Photographing the school was difficult since it was night time, but I came prepared with a tripod and flashlight. Some of my exposures took as long as 30 seconds , but that didn’t matter since I had all the time in the world to check out this school. It was odd to find that the boiler room lights were on, but the green light produced in the boiler room made shooting a bit easier and more interesting. I could tell that I wasn’t the first to get into the school, chunks of copper and wire were missing from easily accessible parts of the building, scrappers took most of it. I didn’t care though, I wasn’t here to take anything besides photographs and explore the school before it gets demolished. Upstairs I discovered a chemistry lab where broken test tubes and beakers lined the floor and a cabinet full of deadly chemicals sat in the corner. Among the chemicals were formaldehyde, a jar of liquid mercury, a bottle of chloroform, and a few other miscellaneous hazardous chemicals. The next room was empty save for a piano sitting in the front of the classroom. Continuing through the school, we noticed every single toilet was filled to the brim with shit, and I wasn’t sure if they were soiled before or after the school had shut down, either way I didn’t want hang around for too long. Moving on, I found two auditoriums, one contained a decaying church organ which grabbed my attention. Moving on, I found myself at peace on top of the vacant school, looking down at the midnight city landscape. It was relaxing after my long day of walking through the city, this is when I realized how exhausted I had become and decided to climb off the roof and figure out how to get out of the school that I was now lost in. I felt as if I was walking in circles for half an hour before finding my exit and sluggishly loading my camera equipment back into the car. Photos coming soon.

Buck Hill, PA April 6, 2015

Buck Hill, PA 
April 6, 2015

I was driving all day throughout north jersey, finding hidden places to explore & capture. The last stop of the day was the Buckhill Inn in PA, an enormous 400 roomed monster that took my breath away when I first laid eyes on it. The hotel was set back in a private development which made it

harder to find parking, but I eventually found parking about half a mile away from the development on a dirt patch next to the road. I threw my camera bag over my shoulder as I made my way into the private development, as I approached the property I noticed the “No Trespassing: Keep Out” signs covering every square foot of the building. This made me uneasy, yet I persisted, partly out of confidence that I knew what I was doing, but my curiosity was mainly what kept me going. After hauling ass up the long driveway, I stayed hidden behind some bushes as I scoped a way to get in. Not being able to find any, I made my way to the other side of the hotel in hopes of finding an entrance, and I did. Right there, about ten feet up, above the vacant pool house, there sat a window, open just wide enough to fit through. I needed to hurry since I was breaking into an abandoned hotel in the middle of a neighborhood, so I was swift climbing into the window. The monster literally swallowed me up. 

Gingerbread Castle and Wheatsworth Mill

October 13th, 2015

I got lost today in the Wheatsworth Mills and Gingerbread Castle.  Okay, so here's a brief history of Wheatsworth Mills, this mill

was built in 1803 as a grain mill and was rebuilt in 1834 after a fire destroyed most of the structure.  The mill was bought in 1921 and renamed Wheatsworth Mills.  Wheatsworth Mills was then sold to the National Biscuit Company, Nabisco, in 1931, then sold again to Cantebury Mills, and yet again to the Plastoid Company who used the factory up until the 80's. As for the Gingerbread Castle, its a three story structure designed to look like a massive castle made out of gingerbread covered in icing.  The interior is just as elegant as the exterior, with colorful spiral staircases, statues of fairytale characters, and a whimsical wishing well in the center of the castle, all of which are now decaying and falling apart.  The castle was in use for 50 years before finally closing in 1978, opening up to a new type of audience: artists and explorers (such as myself) in search of unique places.

This is me, the lost photographer.

My name is Kyle Lang.  I'm a passionate photographer with a strong imagination and an even stronger curiosity.  I'm embracing an adventurous, artistic, and spontaneous life driven by the need to create and explore. I tend to get myself lost on purpose leading me to experience new places and meet new people.  Never leaving a camera at home, I shoot everything and anything on my excursions that grab my attention, whether its people, places, animals, or events. I love capturing the style of the people I meet along the way, and the essence of the places I visit.  My curiosity and willingness to learn only gets stronger with each new place I visit, so I won't stop getting myself lost any time soon.