Am fost foarte incantat sa descopar ca Henk van Rensbergen da glas unei fantezii care ma incearca din copilarie: viziteaza si face fotografii in cladiri si complexe industriale abandonate. Probabil ca eu nu voi avea niciodata timp sa-mi lamuresc tulburea atractie pentru astfel de locuri, asa ca prefer sa le admir prin ochii si Leica belgianului.
“Old buildings, abandoned hospitals, industrial palaces overgrown with plants and trees, the remaining walls decorated with graffiti, smashed windows, rain dripping through the roof…
These places have become hard to find, difficult (or illegal) to access, dangerous to explore … great to spend the day !
Today, the pyramids of the industrial revolution just uselessly stand in the way, they’re a scar in the landscape. The deafening noises have been replaced by silence, but if you listen carefully they will tell you their story.
Abandoned hospitals where you can still smell the anxiety of the ill, there you can hear the coughing of the TBC infected and where once doctors and nurses walked through the shiny corridors.
A 100 years old hotel, standing proudly at the waterfront, arrogantly overlooking the beach and fiercely withstanding all the storms of the past century, a decayed symbol of wealth for the rich.”
Havana. Una din casele vechi ale unei familii de burghezi, bogata in vremurile dinainte de revolutie, dezolanta, in paragina -dar inca locuita – azi.
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