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before the vandalism

march 2023 · Canada

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shot on Galaxy S21 Ultrawith main

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A sunroom with pine-trimmed windows looking out onto snow and evergreens, a ceiling fan overhead and bright winter light across the wood floor. The house still feels lived-in, just emptied of people. — 01 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

01 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A carpeted living room with a worn beige sofa, a brass floor lamp and a tall clock shelf, with doorways leading to the kitchen and a bright back room. The furniture was left where it stood. — 02 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

02 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Looking under a brass ceiling fan through a pine-framed doorway into a sunlit room strewn with debris and a folded patio umbrella. The dim living room frames the mess beyond. — 03 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

03 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A rough pine doorframe beside a tall bookcase clock, opening onto a bright room with an open piano bench and scattered papers on the carpet. Time on the clock face has stopped. — 04 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

04 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A kitchen dining nook with a wooden table and wrought-iron chairs on red velvet cushions, a bookshelf and a yellow bathroom glimpsed past an open door, and a formal dining room beyond. Every room still holds its furniture. — 05 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

05 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A built-in shelf with its upper glass shelves empty and its lower ones crowded with paperbacks, cookbooks and hardcovers. The reading left behind hints at who lived here. — 06 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

06 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A pine wall niche with water-streaked backing holding a framed black-and-white photo of a drummer, small Christmas figures, a keepsake card and a few ornaments. A personal shrine left in place. — 07 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

07 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Pine built-in cabinets holding a red cooler, silk flowers, pots and half-finished drinks, with a blue mini trampoline in the foreground and the photo niche on the far wall. Everyday clutter frozen mid-use. — 08 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

08 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A U-shaped kitchen with white-and-oak cabinets, several doors hanging open and drawers pulled out, a stove and a pot left on the floor. Patterned navy wallpaper frames the counters, the room abandoned mid-clear-out. — 09 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

09 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Two pine shelves in a bare white laundry nook holding old paint tins, spray cans and a vintage canister, with an unplugged dryer outlet below. A quiet still life of a utility room nobody uses any more. — 10 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

10 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A small red-walled porch piled with wrapping-paper rolls, a toaster oven, folding tables and cast-off household clutter under a bright winter window. The room has become a dumping ground for whatever was left. — 11 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

11 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A stripped open-plan living room with a brass ceiling fan, a bare bed frame on the grey carpet, the hearth pad of a removed stove and a staircase wall leading toward the dining area. The house is emptied but still holds its layout. — 12 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

12 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An old upright piano with carved panels, its top crammed with music binders and songbooks, beside an empty desk unit and a black ball lamp. The music stayed when the people didn't. — 13 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

13 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A cluttered home office with wall-mounted cassette racks between the windows, a tipped office chair holding framed prints, and an audio-interface box among scattered papers. Someone recorded or collected music here. — 14 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

14 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A vaulted back room seen past an open panelled door, with a dark wall unit, track lights, moving boxes and a riding helmet left on a side table. Snow glare pours through the glass door at the far end. — 15 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

15 / 15shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

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