All they left was a chair

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In last week’s post, I shared a few photos of a series called “all they left was a chair” and some of my readers asked to see more of it. So, I am taking a short break from the usual content of My Visual Journal to share a bit more of that body of work.

The series "all they left was a chair" was created between 2011 and 2015 and is an homage to all the neglected chairs I have found on my journeys through the many abandoned buildings I have photographed over the years.

These old chairs, which eke out a miserable existence in dusty attics, dark kitchen corners and deserted living rooms, are more than just furniture to sit on - they give us a feeling for the life which once took place in a building somebody once called home.

To me these photographs are like portraits. Portraits of the former habitants of the places I have visited. The bodily shells of these people might not be visible anymore, but there still seems to be some sort of presence in these places.

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That’s it from me today.

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X,

Susanne

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