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february 2023 · Canada

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A cracked plaster bust with slicked-back hair sits in the debris against a peeling green wall, a mud-caked wristwatch resting on a dark carry bag in front of it. A strange, almost shrine-like arrangement left behind in the ruin. — 01 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

01 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A mould-streaked bathroom vanity under butterfly wallpaper, with a yellow shampoo bottle, an open box of cartridges and fallen ceiling tiles in the sink. Window light through the blinds shows how long the room has been left to rot. — 02 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

02 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Close-up of a dirt-crusted wristwatch lying on a stained wooden surface, the rest of the room blurred behind it. A small personal object frozen in the decay. — 03 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

03 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

The front of an abandoned split-level house in winter, bare vines crawling over pale brick above a rust-streaked garage door and snowdrifts. The collapsing soffit hints at the damage inside. — 04 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

04 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A pale green front door with a white pediment, half hidden by snowy evergreens and bare saplings in an untouched snowy yard. The quiet approach to the abandoned house. — 05 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

05 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Looking up at the back wall of the house: exposed rafters where the soffit has fallen away, gridded windows over a fieldstone band and a fallen gutter half buried in snow. The structure is visibly coming apart. — 06 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

06 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Torn blinds hang diagonally across a gridded window, framing a snowy wooded yard outside. The contrast between the dark wrecked interior and the pale winter light. — 07 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

07 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A living room open to the joists, floral valance still hanging over a wide window onto snowy woods, with snow drifted onto a lone chair and the floor. The roof has failed enough to let winter inside. — 08 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

08 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An old treadmill stands in a room buried under a snowdrift, the ceiling torn open to the rafters and black mould spreading across the wall by a sliding door. Nature is reclaiming the house from above. — 09 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

09 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A closer view of the snow-covered treadmill with a wire hanger dangling from its console, beside a mouldy sliding door and an animal trap on a table. The same room seen low and near. — 10 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

10 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A snow-filled living room under a collapsed ceiling, with a brass ceiling fan, a stereo and speakers, and a bookcase still full of books. A whole household left to the weather. — 11 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

11 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A snow-filled kitchen under a caved-in ceiling, oak cabinets hanging open over a sink and wall oven buried in drifts. The roof is gone, so winter has moved straight into the room. — 12 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

12 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

The same kitchen looking the other way: pink insulation dangles from bare joists above a snow-covered island and a counter strewn with tools and a toy car. Stripped walls show the house gutted down to its studs. — 13 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

13 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A living room with a stone fireplace wall, its ceiling torn open and shedding insulation onto a snow-dusted floor full of footprints and toppled furniture. A stereo cabinet still stands in the foreground. — 14 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

14 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A bright bedroom corner with a triple window, peeled wallboard and foil vapour barrier curling off the walls. A vacuum hose and broken boards are piled beneath the sill. — 15 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

15 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A breakfast nook under a flowered stained-glass lamp, the table buried in plaster debris and dead leaves. Pink blinds hang torn across windows looking out on snowy trees. — 16 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

16 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gutted room whose floor is covered in dozens of open, empty hard gun cases beneath a bright window. The scatter of cases hints at why the owner earned the prepper name. — 17 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

17 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A room open to the sky, rafters laced with snow and a deep drift sloping across the floor toward a window of bare winter trees. Only a bucket and a bin stand clear of the snow. — 18 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

18 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A sunken foyer with steps up to a stripped hallway, a bookshelf on the left and a snow-dusted plant by the leaded-glass front door. An old sale sign leans between the bins, never answered. — 19 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

19 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A tall built-in bookshelf still packed with programming manuals, motorbike books and old encyclopedias, the lower shelf buried in insulation. The owner's interests survive the collapse around it. — 20 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

20 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A close look at two shelves of computing, racing and motorcycle books, dusted with fallen plaster. Titles on hacking, old operating systems and Harley-Davidson sketch the person who lived here. — 21 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

21 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Rows of compiler textbooks, aviation and racing books line the shelves, a biology textbook slumped open under debris below. A small snapshot of a hobbyist's library left to the weather. — 22 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

22 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A dusty shelf where a warped red biology textbook slumps over a grimy puzzle cube and a stack of crumbling books. Small leftovers of someone's life, half buried in plaster dust and dead leaves. — 23 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

23 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gloved hand holds up a beginner's hacking handbook in front of a rotting bookshelf, snow drifting in through the open side of the room. One of several odd books pulled from the shelves. — 24 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

24 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gloved hand holds an ethical hacking guide in front of a shelf of old computer manuals, with snow piled inside the collapsing room. The book collection hints at the previous owner's interests. — 25 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

25 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gloved hand holds a collector's catalogue of revolvers and pistols above debris and snow-covered boards. Another find from the same shelf, fitting the album's prepper theme. — 26 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

26 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gloved hand holds a dusty plastic case of two souvenir playing card decks, blue and pink, against peeling walls and a bright window. A tourist keepsake left behind in the wreckage. — 27 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

27 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A sealed hard drive in its anti-static bag lies on a dusty plastic storage lid. Someone's data, still wrapped, left to the elements. — 28 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

28 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A wrecked electric guitar is mounted on a stacked-stone fireplace, flanked by two snow-dusted chairs under a torn-open ceiling. The through-fireplace frames snow outside, the centrepiece of the ruined living room. — 29 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

29 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Close-up of the black electric guitar on the stone chimney, its body flaking and hardware rusted. A sticker tucked behind it adds a last bit of personality. — 30 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

30 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A cracked natural-wood electric guitar leans against a gutted wall amid pink insulation and plaster debris, with stripped rooms beyond. Another instrument abandoned in the house. — 31 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

31 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A rusted bistro chair sits on a snow-covered floor beside a collapsed ceiling, a treadmill and heaped, snow-buried junk. Winter has moved inside the house. — 32 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

32 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A long black metal chest dusted with snow, full of loose brass casings, cartridges and plastic ammo trays, with a rusted tin and a music CD on the floor below. It shows how much ammunition was stockpiled and left to the weather. — 33 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

33 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A tall floor speaker and a rack of 1980s hi-fi separates stand in snow and pink insulation, under peeling pink wallpaper beside a bookcase. A once-cared-for stereo setup slowly buried indoors. — 34 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

34 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Looking down into an olive ammo can holding spent brass casings, lead balls and black primer trays mixed with dry leaves. Reloading scraps kept long after the shooting stopped. — 35 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

35 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An open green plastic case of pistol cartridges, the upper rows crusted with pale blue corrosion, resting on a stained white surface. Rows of rounds left to oxidise in the damp. — 36 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

36 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gloved hand holds up a clear plastic tray of ten rifle cartridges against a wall of curling, peeling paint. The tarnished brass gives a sense of scale to the stockpile. — 37 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

37 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An old leather-strapped case sits open in the snow, filled with copper bullet heads, bags of brass casings, coins and crumbling paper wrappings. Supplies packed away and never used. — 38 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

38 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A dusty silver double photo frame lies on a red hexagon tile floor among plaster chunks, still holding its black-and-white pictures of a young family and a sleeping baby. A small domestic trace amid the wreckage. — 39 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

39 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A white model race car with blue stripes sits on a black display base on a wire rack, next to a crumpled cap, below a wooden shelf and a tiled kitchen wall. A collector's piece dusted with snow and insulation. — 40 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

40 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A gold card-playing trophy, a hand fanning a deck of cards, stands on a wooden shelf with a separate year topper beside it. A small prize from a hobby the owner once competed in. — 41 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

41 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A water-stained ring binder lies open on a page of an old programming manual, its print warped and speckled with debris. Technical reading left behind with everything else. — 42 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

42 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Old black-and-white prints of a woman by the water and in a snowy wood lie on a wooden table with a cassette recorder, loose casings and a pistol grip. Personal memories scattered next to the arsenal. — 43 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

43 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A snow-dusted veteran cap with an embroidered air force crest lies in drifted snow and leaves beside floral tiles, weather already reaching inside the house. — 44 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

44 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Rifle stocks, some in camouflage finish, lie scattered in snow and leaves on a tiled counter next to a spindle of blank DVDs and firearm manuals, the hobby bench of a prepper left open to the elements. — 45 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

45 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An aluminium poker case still holds its stacked chips, blind buttons, dealer puck and card decks, a small leftover of game nights in the abandoned home. — 46 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

46 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

The inside of a dead refrigerator: a sealed jar of something pale floats in a crisper drawer among foil scraps and rot, a grim look at food that never got eaten. — 47 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

47 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

An open cabinet of spa and pool chemicals, batteries and a pH bucket, the ordinary household supplies still lined up on their shelves. — 48 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

48 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A dim cupboard with boxed light bulbs, a big coffee tin and an old notebook on the shelf below, domestic stock left behind. — 49 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

49 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Looking down at a rotted floor with a hole through the tiles, a bucket of grey water and reloading trays scattered with loose bullets and a primer box. — 50 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

50 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Hundreds of loose copper bullet heads spill from green ammo cans across the floor, the reloading stockpile at the heart of this prepper house. — 51 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

51 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A mould-streaked bathroom vanity with a cracked mirror, fallen ceiling tiles in the sink and an ammo can of cartridges on the counter, lit by blue light through closed blinds. — 52 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

52 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A mould-blackened kitchen with sagging ceiling, twin chrome chandeliers and cabinets torn from the walls, crates and cases piled on the island. — 53 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

53 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A chipped plaster bust with a blue scarf stands among collapsed debris and a black gun-cleaning roll against a peeling green wall, a strange keepsake in the ruins. — 54 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

54 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A peeling plaster bust of a pompadoured singer sits in the rubble in front of a torn green wall, with a mud-caked wristwatch resting on a black embroidered rifle case. Kitsch, a weapon case and debris piled together sum up the prepper's house. — 55 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

55 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

Close-up of the same wristwatch, its dial crusted in grime, lying on a stained round tabletop before a mossy shelf. Its stopped hands feel like a marker of when the house was left. — 56 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

56 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A tall green gun safe with a keypad lock and a faded shop notice taped to its door stands by a set of worn concrete steps. The store-issued safe hints at the arsenal once kept here. — 57 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

57 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A narrow entry hall with mould-blackened, peeling walls runs to a taped-up front door, its floor buried in bags, buckets and boxes. A glass lantern still hangs above the mess. — 58 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

58 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A mould-streaked living room with a US flag on the wall, an eagle-decorated gun safe to the left and a drooping ceiling fan above piles of black bags and camouflage gear. It is the album's title shot of patriotic prepper decor left to rot. — 59 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

59 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A room whose ceiling has fallen in, with the bust and clutter piled on a desk under a wide window of bare winter trees and snow drifting across the floor. It shows how open to the weather the house has become. — 60 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

60 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

A flash-lit garage with a gutted ceiling, a white roll-up door, a hand truck and trash cans standing in a floor of fallen insulation. The collapse overhead shows how far the decay has spread. — 61 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

61 / 61shot on Galaxy S21 Ultra

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