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基本説明
Matt Emmett, par ses clichés et ses textes, fait revivre ces espaces, dispersés au Royaume-Uni et dans le reste de l'Europe. Grâce à son talent, les histoires de ce passé proche nous sont racontées une dernière fois, avant que ces lieux désaffectés ne soient détruits.
Les panneaux d'interdiction qui bordent les sites désaffectés ont généralement pour fonction d'écarter les curieux, en les avertissant des risques encourus s'ils s'avisent de sauter les barrières. Pour un photographe tel que Matt Emmett, ils signalent cependant souvent l'emplacement d'une belle histoire à raconter : des paysages jadis animés se révèlent alors dans leur expression la plus simple. Les centrales électriques, les aciéries, les mines, les bunkers, les tunnels, les écoles, les hangars, les hôtels, les châteaux et nombre d'autres structures aujourd'hui abandonnées constituent son terrain de prédilection.
Architectural Digest
" Le photographe Matt Emmett s'est fait un nom en repoussant les limites, pour capturer l'essence des ruines les plus oubliées d'Europe ".
International Business Times
" Le projet photographique de Matt Emmett, Forgotten Heritage, lève le voile sur la beauté crue des bâtiments en ruine et des industries aujourd'hui abandonnées ".
Full Description
Beautiful, haunting photographs of abandoned places, rediscovering our forgotten heritage.
'No Entry', 'Dangerous Site Keep Out' and 'Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted' are common sights on walls or perimeter fences around many of the world's abandoned sites. These warnings allude to potential dangers and prove an ineffective deterrent against thieves and vandals. To the urban explorer/photographer these signs simply serve to whet the appetite for the promise of hidden wonders that may lie beyond.
For those who ignore the warnings and climb the fences, what awaits is usually worth the risks. Vast industrial spaces that feel more like an alien landscape or poignant residential settings, which are slowly surrendering to the inexorable advance of nature. Places once alive with sound and movement, now silent and still, but no less sensory. Immense and powerful beauty resides in these forgotten places. For some, just getting inside a location to experience this alternative form of sightseeing is enough to satisfy a desire to simply go where one shouldn't. But for some there is a need to capture the essence of a location in words and pictures, giving others a metaphorical leg-up over the fences, to walk them through the remaining ruins. Matt Emmett falls into the latter of these groups, travelling regularly to places in the UK and across Europe. He seeks out vast power stations and their cooling towers, steel works, mines, bunkers, tunnels, schools, engine sheds, hotels, castles and a myriad of other buildings. All have their own stories to tell in a variety of voices and without the distraction, sounds and people who inhabited them, those stories are clear and strong and the character of each location is laid bare.
Architectural Digest
Photographer Matt Emmett has made a name for himself by pushing the boundaries to capture epic imagery of Europe's most forgotten ruins
International Business Times
Matt Emmett's 'Forgotten Heritage' photography project uncovers the brutal beauty of abandoned buildings and derelict industry.
Winner of Historical Photographer of the Year 2017.
