architecture - design
Throughout the decades, a number of important and interesting sites and landmarks have been lost, many due to the urbanization of cities, sometimes they’re torn down due to mounting maintenance…
Some of the world's most beautiful buildings have risen up, only to be destroyed or demolished just a few years or decades later. Here we remember some these great structures for what they once were.
Now-demolished structures that offer a time-traveling glimpse of a city that wasn’t
Some of the world's most beautiful buildings have risen up, only to be destroyed or demolished just a few years or decades later. Here we remember some these great structures for what they once were.
This old Florida farmhouse held memories within its walls until it was lost to fire. See photos of its family here.
So, we all know the story of how Columbus “discovered” America and found those primitive tribes he called the Indians because, ya know, he thought he was somewhere else. Never a hint in…
Architecture, history, and archeology lovers, you’re in for a treat! One man’s passion for architecture helped develop a massive community of like-minded people. Welcome to the ‘Lost Architecture’ project, a cozy niche on Reddit carved out by architectural historian Tom Ravenscroft.
Honoring what it was and what it now is.
The best of Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America fine art photography website from 2011-2012.
Throughout the decades, a number of important and interesting sites and landmarks have been lost, many due to the urbanization of cities, sometimes they’re torn down due to mounting maintenance…
New and Displaced photographic work on Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America
Architecture, history, and archeology lovers, you’re in for a treat! One man’s passion for architecture helped develop a massive community of like-minded people. Welcome to the ‘Lost Architecture’ project, a cozy niche on Reddit carved out by architectural historian Tom Ravenscroft.
These stilted sea forts were designed to defend Britain against WWII invaders. Situated 10 miles offshore, the forts are now abandoned save for one which has become the Principality of Sealand. An independent sovereign state since 1967, it boasts its own constitution and hereditary royal rulers. You don’t have to be crazy to live there but it probably helps.
Phillip Shallcross. Open Edition Print : Not numbered. Unsigned. Retrospective Works Book: 90 Pages. Full Colour. Luxury Finish. Signed. https://www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/product-page/retrospective-phil-shallcross Phil worked with Artist Ian R. Pearsall on the artwork for the CD and Album insert for Edgar Broughton's new album 'Break the Dark' now available: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4254933555926494273/6564384095620502683 Phil is collaborating with Ian R. Pearsall on a graphic novel book titled 'Meniscus' now in production : https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4254933555926494273/2563707039033803142 Phil has recently shot the content for Dave Proudlove's book on the subject of the painter Jack Simcock. Titled 'In Jack's Footsteps' it's a testament to living in the same area as Jack painted from, hence the beauty in his understanding of the landscape. Watch this space. A number of Framed Original Photographic Editions Works can be viewed and indeed purchased : https://www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/category/phil-shallcross Thank you for visiting.
As part of his upcoming book North Philidelphia, photographer Daniel Traub hones in on a particularly moving piece of the urban landscape of inner city Philadelphia: the forgotten lots left behind by leveled houses. In a difficult economic climate, a large number of houses are deemed beyond repair and are ultimately replaced with hauntingly empty spaces, piled with trash or overgrown by nature.
In his ongoing series titled Thin Places, Portland-based photographer Brendon Burton documents battered houses that stand alone in barren fields, amidst an encroaching marsh, or at the edge of the mountain. The decrepit structures have been Burton’s preferred subject matter since 2011 when he began seeking abandoned buildings across the continent that exude a sense of impermanence and the uncanny. “This series is for the sake of satisfying my curiosity about the past and exploring isolated parts of North America. More
Bruce Gilden a photographié des maisons en voie de démolition et des taulards en phase de réinsertion.
Learn the haunting backstories.
The Gate of the Sun, also known as the Gateway of the Sun, is a monolith carved in the form of an arch or gateway at the site of Tiahuanaco by the Tiwanaku culture, an Andean civilization of Bolivia...
Welcome to Legends Of America's Photo Blog, traveling through history since 2003. For blog entries about our travels from 2005 to 2014 see our Old Blogspot Here.
How the monument was built, and how one obstructionist legislator tried to stop it
St Boniface Church, Philadelphia PA. 2010 Photograph by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the book
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