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Abandoned Relics on the Cape of Good Hope

 

Dillon Marsh is a professional photographer currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. Since graduating in 2003 with a BFA from the University of Stellenbosch, Dillon has focused on landscape photography. He chooses objects that can be found in multitude within their environment. He then depicts a family of objects in a series of photographs. By displaying each project as such, he is able to show both the character of the individual members, and the characteristics that make the objects a family.

In his series Relics, which was recently featured on Photography Served, Dillon says the following:

“The Cape of Good Hope on the south western tip of Africa is also known as the Cape of Storms, and bearing testament to this dangerous coastline are numerous shipwrecks. By using long exposures I was able to present an artificial calmness to the scenes and highlight the steadfastness of the wrecks. I photographed these ten between Robben Island and Cape Point.”

 

Be sure to check out more from Dillon on Behance as well as his personal website dillonmarsh.com

 

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Picture of the Day: Titanic’s Engines Underwater

 

TITANIC’S ENGINES UNDERWATER

 

COPYRIGHT© 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

 

This is one of the many incredible images highlighted in National Geographic’s feature story entitled, “Unseen Titanic“. The story first appeared in the April edition of National Geographic magazine and is now available online.

In this underwater photo we see two of Titanic’s engines lying exposed in a gaping cross section of the stern. They are draped in “rusticles”—orange stalactites created by iron-eating bacteria. It’s remarkable to imagine these massive structures, four stories tall, once powering the largest moving man-made object on Earth.

 

 

 

 

A Tour of Abandoned Houses in Detroit

 

Photographer Kevin Bauman’s 100 Abandoned Houses project started over a decade ago in the mid 90s. For him it was a way of exploring his hometown of Detroit. He found it amazing, depressing and perplexing that a once great city could find itself in such great distress.

As Bauman ventured around his city he encountered entire neighbourhoods abandoned, packs of wild dogs, towering piles of rubbish, and concerned citizens trying to cope.

The gallery below is a small selection from the 105 houses Bauman has posted to his site. Which in turn is a mere fraction of the thousands of abandoned homes around Detroit.

 

 

 

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Forgotten Monuments from the former Yugoslavia


Podgaric – Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

Below you will find an incredible collection of photographs by Jan Kempenaers. All of the images are from his book, simply titled Spomenik. You can find the book for sale through his publisher Roma Publications or on Amazon. Details about these fascinating monuments along with a brief overview of Yugoslavia can also be found below. Enjoy!

 

2. Kosmaj


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

3. Tjentište


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

4. Niš


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

5. Kadinjaca


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

6. Petrova Gora


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

7. Kozara


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

8. Mitrovica


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

SPOMENIK BY JAN KEMPENAERS

During the 1960s and 70s, thousands of monuments commemorating the Second World War called ‘Spomeniks’ were built throughout the former Yugoslavia; striking monumental sculptures, with an angular geometry echoing the shapes of flowers, crystals, and macro-views of viruses or DNA.

In the 1980s the Spomeniks still attracted millions of visitors from the Eastern bloc; today they are largely neglected and unknown, their symbolism lost and unwanted.

Antwerp-based photographer Jan Kempenaers travelled the Balkans photographing these eerie objects, presented in the book Spomenik as a powerful typological series. The beauty and mystery of the isolated, crumbling Spomeniks informs Kempenaer’s enquiry into memory, found beauty, and whether former monuments can function as pure sculpture.

 

9. Sanski Most


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

10. Jasenovac


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

11. Kruševo


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

12. Grmec


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

13. Korenica


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

14. Makljen


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

15. Kolašin


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

16. Brezovica


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

YUGOSLAVIA

Yugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans, during most of the 20th century.

The first country to be known by this name was the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which before 3 October 1929, was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It was established on 1 December 1918 by the union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia (to which the Kingdom of Montenegro was annexed on 13 November 1918, and the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris gave international recognition to the union on 13 July 1922). The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis powers in 1941, and because of the events that followed, was officially abolished in 1943 and 1945.

The second country with this name was the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, proclaimed in 1943 by the Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement during World War II. It was renamed to the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946, when a communist government was established. In 1963, it was renamed again to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). This was the largest Yugoslav state, as Istria, Rijeka and Zadar were added to the new Yugoslavia after the end of World War II.

The constituent six Socialist Republics and two Socialist Autonomous Provinces that made up the country were: SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Slovenia and SR Serbia (including the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo which after 1974 were largely equal to the other members of the federation). Starting in 1991, the SFRY disintegrated in the Yugoslav Wars which followed the secession of most of the country’s constituent entities. The next Yugoslavia, known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, existed until 2003, when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro. [Source: Wikipedia]

 

17. Ostra


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

18. Zenica


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

19. Sisak


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

20. Sinj


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

21. Ilirska Bistrica


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

22. Knin


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

23. Nikšic


Photograph by Jan Kempenaers

 

SOURCES

– JanKempenaers.info
– Photographs via ArchDaily
– For more information visit the American Society of Cinematographers
– To purchase Spomenik online visit: Roma Publications or Amazon

 

 

 

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25 Haunting Shipwrecks Around the World

 

 

 

25 Haunting Shipwrecks Around the World


Turks & Caicos – Photograph by IPWNNOOBS

 

Fellow blogger Tom Moran from Urban Ghosts inspired this post. His excellent article on ‘Ship Graveyards: Abandoned Ships, Boats and Shipyards‘ sent me on a quest to find some incredible photographs of shipwrecks around the world.

The United Nations estimates that there are more than 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor [Source: Wikipedia]. These once mighty vessels, both sunken and beached, are a haunting reminder that nothing lasts forever. These beautiful ships used to rule the seas they traveled. Now they serve as a window into our past.

 

2. Fuerteventura, Canary Islands


Photograph by WOLLEX

 

3. Gytheio, Greece


Photograph by JUSTELINE

 

4. Zakynthos, Greece


Photograph by TO GIAN

 

5. Oregon, United States


Photograph by MATT CONWELL

 

6. Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal


Photograph by FRANK ZILLMANN

 

7. Unknown


Photograph by DARTH

 

8. Woody Point, Redcliffe Peninsula, Australia


Photograph by GORKATH

 

9. Grytviken, South Georgia


Photograph by NOAA PHOTO LIBRARY

 

10. Truk Lagoon, Micronesia


Photograph by GH0STDOT

 

11. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands


Photograph by HAWKFISH

 

12. Tobermory, Ontario, Canada


Photograph by ALIJA BOS

 

13. Truk Lagoon, Micronesia


Photograph by GH0STDOT

 

14. Batumi, Georgia


Photograph by RICHARD BARTZ

 

15. Cairnbulg Point, United Kingdom


Photograph by LAIRD TURNER

 

16. Italy


Photograph by Klaus Leidorf

 

17. Mar del Plata, Argentina


Photograph by SEARAIDER

 

18. Grytviken, South Georgia


Photograph by SERGE OUACHEE

 

19. Mo’ynoq, Uzbekistan


Photograph by MISSALIONA

 

20. Red Sea


Photograph by JOOS J. BAKKER

 

21. Tromso, Norway


Photograph by DIVENORWAY

 

22. Lakonia Peloponissos, Greece


Photograph by MAKIS

 

23. Fraser Island, Australia


Photograph by DRAICONE

 

24. Amorgos Island, Greece


Photograph by JIMISOFLOU

 

25. Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada


Photograph by MANUMADOR

 

 

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The Ruins of Detroit

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Parisian photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre took a trip to Detroit to capture the urban decay of a once thriving city. In their book The Ruins of Detroit, Yves and Romain photograph abandoned buildings, offering a chilling look into a city in decline.

 

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The Ruins of Detroit
Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies
and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension.
 
The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at
some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires.
This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time :
being dismayed, or admire, making us wondering about the permanence of things.
 
Photography appeared to us as a modest way
to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state.

 

 

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