Apartment Therapy is a place to discuss and discover ways in which to make the space in which you live healthy, beautiful, and functional. Juergen Chill is entering into "personal, intimate locations which not many know," that stray from the norm, by many standards. By photographing rooms in bordellos and prison cells, he is giving us a glimpse into rooms that are appointed with things other than what we may consider typical motivations for decor.
We can take lightly take the freedom to choose (granted, with limitations, at times) how our surroundings appear. There are many people, however, that don't have the freedom to exert much control at all. "Those that do not have it must adjust to whatever opportunities exist and strive to create their own place." Juergen Chill has entered into the "homes" of prisoners in Germany, and given us a unique perspective on the rooms in which they spend a great deal of their lives.
In a parallel universe, Chill has also granted us a peek at the rooms within a bordello. Clearly, the inspiration for the decor in these rooms may be different from what most consider. All of Chill's photographs are done from a unique aerial perspective, and are at once intriguing and unsettling.
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Comments (14)
Phew, I looked at these before reading and was horrified by #1's placement of where you go #2.... but I assume that's the prison.
Please tell me that's the prison.
And I thought these were dorm rooms!
That grey and red one is pretty cute for a prison cell. Maybe that's the bordello?!
that is certainly an interesting design scheme for a prison...
Am guessing 2 & 3 are bordello, others are prison.
Interesting photos and concept.
2 and 3 are the only ones with somewhat-larger-than-twin beds, so I imagine they're the bordello ones. Although 3, which looks the most like a bordello, has the toilet in it, which suggests prison. Or sex slaves who aren't allowed to leave their rooms.
Anyway, they are interesting views. Sort of like floor plans some 3-D, except not 3-D floor plan renderings, which I usually find kind of lame.
You can also tell the prison cells from the bordello rooms by the doors and door frames.
awesome.
I visited the website, seems #2 is no bordell at all but more of a cheap hotel room.
1 and 3 both have toilets.
At first I was thinking, Dorm room prison, and how can anyone live like that, then I thought about my dorm room. If it had a toilet, I'd be set.
yep, looking at the doorways help tell which is which. I kind of thought some were dorms, but they seem to be prison cells.
I like the way #1 does have the toilet "hidden" from view by the tall head board. The sink is set in a way that is close to the toilet, but far away enough to be used for drinking water and such.
How'd he DO that?!
Heh, this reminds me of a post on another blog that had some pictures of prison cells in a few different european countries. A ton of people responded with "what the hell is that, those cells are nicer than my dorm in college was that isn't a punishment" and the response from the blogger was basically "maybe you should think about why your country lets its students live in rooms that are worse than our prison cells instead of why our cells are nicer"
Said a whole lot about attitudes in my opinion.
Sherry: In a few photos you can see seams/ distortion so I am assuming a combination of photo stitching and the right lens.