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before the flames

august 2023 · Canada

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shot on Galaxy Note9with mainwith telephoto

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The overgrown back of an abandoned two-storey house, a mint-green panel between the upstairs windows and the back door standing open. Goldenrod and saplings have taken the yard, showing how long it has sat empty. — 01 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

01 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A white detached garage tagged with graffiti, its side window boarded and posted with a generic video-surveillance warning, behind a graffitied concrete barrier. Dense trees and a willow crowd in behind it. — 02 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

02 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A weathered clapboard outbuilding with a hayloft door, its lower door boarded over and a pallet leaning against a graffitied wall. Freshly scraped ground in front hints at clearing work on the property. — 03 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

03 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A ramshackle patchwork shed of plywood, rusted sheet metal and mismatched doors, its tarp roof sagging under the trees. A chain-link gate hangs off the side amid cut brush and debris. — 04 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

04 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

Two security cameras mounted on a steel pole among a tangle of power lines and barbed-wire strands against a grey sky. A reminder that the property was being watched. — 05 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

05 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A gutted kitchen with every cabinet door flung open and the shelves empty, the dishwasher hanging open below a smashed window. The ceiling paint peels away in curling sheets above the clutter on the counters. — 06 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

06 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A living room with torn curtains at bright windows, a shredded armchair spilling stuffing and a sofa pushed against a brick fireplace. Litter and fabric cover the floor, and a doorway leads deeper into the house. — 07 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

07 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

An attic bedroom under a vaulted, open-beamed ceiling, torn insulation hanging above a debris-covered mattress. Faded vertical blinds frame shattered windows with green growth pressing in from outside. — 08 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

08 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A dim living room with a brick fireplace, torn-open recliners spilling stuffing and a sagging sofa. A curtain hangs through the smashed picture window, where only trees and foliage show outside. — 09 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

09 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A kitchen of peeling ceiling paint and a gutted wall, a tabletop lying on the tiled floor. The back door stands open to overgrowth and a broken window frames the woods beside the house. — 10 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

10 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

Looking through a doorway of flaking paint into the living room, where a large graffiti piece covers the torn plaster behind a worn olive sofa. The house has clearly been visited and tagged many times. — 11 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

11 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A corner dining room with a lone drop-leaf table on a floor littered with broken glass, graffiti tags scrawled across the walls. Two windows look out onto dense green woods. — 12 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

12 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A bedroom wall punched through beside an empty closet, covered in crude pencil and marker graffiti including a slur. Vandals have left their mark on nearly every surface. — 13 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

13 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

A light-blue shell armchair sits alone in a small room of peeling paint, a shaft of light falling across the wall. A takeaway coffee cup left on the windowsill hints at recent visitors. — 14 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

14 / 14shot on Galaxy Note9

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