Friday, January 25, 2019

Artist of the day, January 25: Liz Roll, American photographer

Photographer Liz Roll has travelled throughout the U.S. photographing abandoned buildings left to the elements. Abandoned hospitals, with their rusty medical supplies and beds, have a creepy air about them, but who would guess that an abandoned cookie factory in Virginia could be so unnerving?

Roll says that it's common to come across inexplicable discoveries while urban exploring, which might make one wonder what the last inhabitants were up to before abandoning the scene.

With chipped paint and overgrown shrubbery, abandoned spaces that were left to the elements have a way of captivating humans. Whether it's from fear of the unknown or a morbid curiosity, a crumbling, weather-beaten building just begs for a peek.

"I almost always see pianos, for some reason... lots of old dolls," she said. "Sometimes we'll find x-rays, which is always odd. At some greenhouses in D.C., we found a squatter's residence with all these Bible verses all over the walls."

"When I was a kid, I went in an old house with my family, and there was a mousehole in the wall, just like you see in the cartoons," she said. "I think this memory is part of the reason I like to do this, as I never know what I might stumble upon."

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   Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane  Sandy, Keansburg, New Jersey, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Sandy Union Beach, New Jersey, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Sandy, Mantoloking, New Jersey, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Floyd, Virginia, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Ike, Texas, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Ike, Texas, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Irene, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Irene, from the Disaster series

 Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Katrina, from the Disaster series

Hurricane Sandy Hoboken, New Jersey, A view of lower Manhattan from Hoboken of the power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.

Disaster Hurricane Sandy, Roller Coaster in the ocean

Tornado La Plata, Maryland, from the Disaster series

 Tornado, La Plata, Maryland, from the Disaster series

From Beauty in Decay Series

From Beauty in Decay Series

Abandoned School, Pennsylvania, From Beauty in Decay Series

Abandoned Train, From Beauty in Decay Series

 Bromo Tower, Baltimore, From Beauty in Decay Series

 Insane Asylum, Maryland, From Beauty in Decay Series

Insane Asylum, Virginia, From Beauty in Decay Series

Lonaconing Silk Mill, Lonaconing, Maryland, From Beauty in Decay Series

Truck Farm, Virginia, From Beauty in Decay Series

AERAS, from Corporate/Non-Profit series

AERAS, from Corporate/Non-Profit series

Computer Sciences Corporation, from Corporate/Non-Profit series

Grand Central Terminal, from Corporate/Non-Profit series

National Mining Association, from Corporate/Non-Profit series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

Photo from "Cuba" series

photo from the "People" series

Flashes of Hope, from the "People" series

Herb Crawford, Owner of Lonaconing Silk Mill, from the "People" series

  Leisure World of Virginia, from the "People" series

Washington Square Park, from the "People" series

From "Sans people" series

 Bruce Munro's fiber optic light Installations at Longwood Gardens,
from "Sans people" series

NYC, from "Sans people" series

 Indian Trading Post, New Mexico, from "Sans people" series

Jefferson Memorial, from "Sans people" series

Packard, Middletown Diner, from "Sans people" series

 US Botanical Gardens and US Capitol, from "Sans people" series

 Wind Farm, West Virginia, from "Sans people" series

From "Street" series

From "Street" series

From "Street" series

From "Street" series

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