urban decay
Walking along the corridors of urban decay Underground passages with unheeded warnings And improbable imitations of Sauron’s Eye A police state with no police Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Seen from above as we came to land in Guangzhou A perfect line-up of cubicles in a square plot next to a factory Like a sandbox abandoned by a disciplined god’s child Or the servant’s quarters in a discolored Lego Garden Of Eden Photo Hugh Ardoin ‘Les Enfers Pavillonaires’ Gallery
In the middle of the old Jamestown,the old colonial Accra A green house stands in the guise of a Seaview Hotel A flaky deco to peddle a club, a bar with rooms and a beer outlet The obituaries posted on the wall in the local manner A reminder of our swift passage in this world […]
Two elegant ladies stroll along the streets of the old Jamestown district A derelict place where the memory of the Gold Coast still thrives The colonial name of Ghana, the vestiges of plunder and pillage The ruins of sorrowful times once built over the ruins of a glorious African Empire The departure gates for the […]
At the remote corners of the giant Katako scrapyard szone We startle two young rustlers as we drive across the no man’s land Scavenging for food and bits of scrap we are the unexpected encounter The younger’s face is smeared with milk, the elder holds a plastic bag of water Would-be adventurers meet the guys […]