Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Abandonment

It is always amazing to me the things that get left behind. Things once treasured, once toiled for, once built up and carried on. And then left. Doors locked, or maybe not. Left to be reclaimed by the earth, by the weeds, by the birds and the bugs.

And how there is a beauty in these things, decaying into the ground, swallowed by the reeds, returning from whence they came. A stillness, a subtlety, a quiet dawning of nothing more.

 15th century monastery in the Black Forest in Germany


 Cincinnati’s abandoned subway depot


 Kolmanskop in the Namib Desert


 The abandoned Wonderland Amusement Park outside Beijing, China


 Fishing hut on a lake in Germany


 The Kerry Way walking path between Sneem and Kenmare in Ireland


Pripyat, Ukraine


[Wanna see more? Click here]

UPDATE: I found even more! Click here. These ones are particularly beautiful.

1 comment:

mom said...

Very emotive scenes, of times lost. mom