Indoor Desert
© Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes
In 1908, the town of Kolmanskop in southern Namibia had become a profitable gold mine. Once the resources were exhausted, it was abandoned in 1954 and homes, hospitals, theaters, and factory buildings were left at the mercy of the Namib desert. Since then, the winds have filled the rooms of these deserted buildings with sand. See more from this series and more of Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes’s work here.
Tags: Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes, dunes, indoor desert, sand
July 27th, 2010 at 2:30 pm EEDT
Love Freeman Patterson’s body of work in this area:
http://www.freemanpatterson.com/print61.htm
July 27th, 2010 at 3:22 pm EEDT
Such a powerful image and great to see it without the Photoshop/HDR enhancements.
July 28th, 2010 at 4:20 am EEDT
Volga river in Russia is more likely.
http://reallyrussia.blogspot.com/2010/07/3-tver-region-settlement-kimry-3.html