Soulsavers "Wiseblood"

These photos were all taken with my Holga about 2 months ago (a handful more recently) not too far from where I live. An entire neighborhood had been abandoned. Fully furnished homes, a hospital, a fire house..all of it just left to fade. I've had a little obsession with these buildings for a few years now, but it wasn't until recently I decided to begin documenting them. Shortly after I shot the first roll of film, I started thinking of ways to collaborate artistically with this environment. I thought I could "breathe life" back into it in a sense by creating life size paintings, mostly cardboard cutouts, and staging them in and around the buildings - of children playing, dogs barking, old folks dozing off in chairs on the front porches. Scenes of better days. It was something I talked about often but just kept putting off and never pursued. Sadly, I went back last week to find that 90% of the buildings are gone. Just holes in the ground. The hospital and a small pavilion, which you'll see in the end of the video, is all that remains. It's a lesson in procrastination and that time is constantly fleeting. Nothing is permanent. Anyway, I felt like quickly putting something together that would embody the spirit of what it was. I paired it up with an incredible song off the Soulsavers "Broken" album. Hope you like it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Soulsavers
• wiseblood
• holga
• abandoned
• hilltop
• black and white

[Bronte0131]

Where was this place? and why was it Abandoned? Its very interesting.

[majorisore]

shit happens. Went to find my old place in Germany... its gone

[Arkhoide]

Cool, i'am the 666 who'd seen this video.