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Abandoned Paintings

12/10/2012 by chicquero

A Hungarian artist took classic paintings by Old Masters like Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli and turned them into eerie snapshots of Renaissance-era ghost towns. It’s part of a series titled “Abandoned Paintings,” which is an impressive project undertaken by fine art student Bence Hajdu. Using a little modern technology, he takes famous scenes from “The Last Supper” to “The Annunciation” and transforms them into haunting spaces by erasing the characters and figures that populate the frames. What’s left is an […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: abandoned, architecture, artists, arts, artsy, bence hajdu, characters, classic, empty, paintings, renaissance, spaces

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Fallout of urban sprawl

09/18/2012 by chicquero

Daniel Danger is an illustrator and printmaker working out of New England. Amidst old houses dead from the fallout of urban sprawl, railway bridges asleep from neglect, and trees that engulf everything; his work attempts to remind you of something you may have said to someone, or something someone may have said to you; back in that time period thats just too far away to remember clearly, but not so long ago you forgot about it completely. His memories and many […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: abandoned, art, arts, artsy, daniel danger, dark, fallout, ghosts, illustration, old houses, printmaker, urban

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Abandoned amusement park

02/15/2012 by chicquero

Six Flags – New Orleans In 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and ripped the heart of fun and the amusement out of this park. Almost seven years later, Six Flags in New Orleans is unnaturally silent, no lines and no laughter. This 140-acre surreal setting has morphed into a nightmarish land of twisted dreams. It seems as if the post-apocalyptic atmosphere might be the perfect place to make a zombie movie. As if lured by a distant echo of […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: abandoned, amusement, disaster, hurricane, hurricane katrina, katrina, new orleans, park, photography, roller coaster, silent, six flags, theme, travel

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Vintage Miniature City!

02/01/2012 by chicquero

Miniature series entitled “The City” by Lori Nix I’m a little obsessed with the idea of this equation: miniature + city + abandoned + vintage + photography = Awesomeness Lori Nix is often asked questions about the inspiration for her work as well as her working process. “I have been building dioramas and photographing the results since the early 1990s. As I’ve working through various bodies of work my fabrication skills have improved and my subject matter has become more […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: abandoned, art, artist, cool, interiors, lori nix, mini, miniature, photography, the city, vintage

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