A place to savour the eerie wonder of the abandoned and empty spaces we people leave behind.

After many years of fascination with photography and video exploring the delights of abandonment and decay, I stumbled upon a word that describes the essence of the very thing that one finds so alluring in these eerie places:

Kenopsia

n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.

(from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Thank you John Koenig).

This space is for sharing work that captures the essence of Kenopsia, and also the extraordinary beauty found amongst abandonment and decay as humans leave their spaces and nature gradually reclaims them.

If you would like to share something that might interest visitors to this space please get in touch.