The Urban Ruins series documents buildings in city environments once inhabited, now left to crumble, devoid of human existence. Or in some cases, seemingly devoid of human existence.
For many of these buildings, the only sign of life is nature reclaiming the site, graffiti left on walls or abandoned food wrappers carpeting the exposed earth of the building's interior.
In some cases, buildings first thought to have been abandoned or unused are discovered to be quite the opposite. This can be seen in Rossanne's Neptuna images where visiting this seemingly deserted space by night and by day revealed two very different impressions; a desolate looking building at night was in fact a highly used and functioning clothes drying area during the day for the building's dwellers.
Whether or not the spaces documented are inhabited, the striking quality and common theme that Rossanne has found in these urban ruins is the beauty, intrigue and majesty they possess.
For many of these buildings, the only sign of life is nature reclaiming the site, graffiti left on walls or abandoned food wrappers carpeting the exposed earth of the building's interior.
In some cases, buildings first thought to have been abandoned or unused are discovered to be quite the opposite. This can be seen in Rossanne's Neptuna images where visiting this seemingly deserted space by night and by day revealed two very different impressions; a desolate looking building at night was in fact a highly used and functioning clothes drying area during the day for the building's dwellers.
Whether or not the spaces documented are inhabited, the striking quality and common theme that Rossanne has found in these urban ruins is the beauty, intrigue and majesty they possess.
© Rossanne Pellegrino 2020
