Dereliction – Curiosity of Abandonment
Distractions Opening Saturday, Exposing the edgy side—welcome to The Bone House… Warning: a context of depression, content may be disturbing.
Dereliction – Context of Abandonment
Contractions Opening Saturday, Revealing a context of depression, foregone inhabitants just walked away, vanished, disappeared—or were maybe escorted away in a straightjacket. Wondering if there was intention to return, but not enough room for one last suitcase, not to mention the piano.
Dereliction—Saskatchewan
Five Week Road Trip Through Saskatchewan Our research map listed a lot of places to go, things to do, and people to meet. We decided on a more centralized approach: get a B&B for several nights and do forays out to photograph. Hanna was our first stop, try Chevy in the Levy at dawn again […]
Dereliction—Alberta Sweep
One Week Road Trip Into Southern Alberta Before heading out to Saskatchewan for five weeks we decided to sweep through the Alberta locations our research had targeted – get them out of the way. We were already familiar with the Drumheller area, and the Atlas #4 Coal Mine National Historic Site, where a Blood Moon […]
Dereliction—Reconnaissance
Two Week Reconnaissance Road Trip We wanted to test the effluent – see if there was enough abandoned dereliction left around to warrant a longer photography expedition. So the adventure began: we hopped in the Jeep and headed south, mostly Saskatchewan ghost towns, for two weeks. We absolutely found stuff: perishing, disintegrating, crackling: Whizz Bang […]
Dereliction – Coming Soon
Dereliction—Colours of Abandonment Our latest photography expeditions are being compiled – just in time for Exposure Festival in February. Dereliction is an eye on things abandoned: ignored, forgotten, forlorn, fading away, dismissed by our modern predilection for everything new. Following the Ghost Town Trail along obsolete railroads: from Tiny to Biggar, Eastend to Westbend, Smuts […]