By Tina Carr and Annemarie Schöne
This photographic series includes intimate studies of abandoned homes, places and objects. The artists have lived in rural Wales for the past 25 years and these images come from several locations. The scenes are never staged or manipulated; all are locations deserted by their previous habitants for some reason; lack of economic viability, illness, death.
Once cherished possessions remain eerily frozen in some by-gone era, futilely anticipating their users’ return while years of neglect take their toll on building structure and fabric. The artists capture images of places that otherwise would lie unseen and undiscovered. Through their empathetic eyes, settings of abandonment and decay become serenely contemplative images that commemorate times past.
This photographic series includes intimate studies of abandoned homes, places and objects. The artists have lived in rural Wales for the past 25 years and these images come from several locations. The scenes are never staged or manipulated; all are locations deserted by their previous habitants for some reason; lack of economic viability, illness, death.
Once cherished possessions remain eerily frozen in some by-gone era, futilely anticipating their users’ return while years of neglect take their toll on building structure and fabric. The artists capture images of places that otherwise would lie unseen and undiscovered. Through their empathetic eyes, settings of abandonment and decay become serenely contemplative images that commemorate times past.