In Unreal Estate, the photographs of Robert de Gast reveal what "isn't so simple" about the abandoned buildings of the Chesapeake's Eastern Shore. His striking color photographs of ghostly houses and weathered details illustrate the powerful hold architecture has on us, even when a building no longer serves its purpose.
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"De Gast [has] found a way of seeing beyond the eyesore to the poignance and mystery. Wood frame houses are artlessly bent and warped into Louise Nevelson sculptures. Chimneys sprout coarse beards and unruly hairstyles of wisteria and ivy. Devoured by vines and leaves, a rough-shingled house stands in spellbound solitude, an enchanted cottage in a grim fairy tale." -- Washington Post Magazine
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. In this book, the author & photographer reveals what "isn't so simple" about the abandoned buildings so common on the Chesapeake's Eastern Shore. His colour photographs of ghostly houses and weathered details illustrate the powerful hold architecture has on us, even when a building no longer serves its purpose. Like more ancient ruins, the abandoned structures of the Shore tell stories of decline and departure. Some appear proud and sturdy, even beautiful, seen across a wide marsh or meadow. Others are tortured abstractions - one Cobb Island house twists almost comically to one side, a sitigle timber postponing its collapse. In his introduction, de Gast tells of structures abandoned as a result of both a shrinking population and difficult circumstances. The Depression of the 1930s began the decline. During World War 11 many residents left for Norfolk, Baltimore, and other cities to find work. Postwar mechanization led to larger farms - and the need for fewer labourers. Today, the Eastern Shore counties of Accomack and Northampton are among the poorest in Virginia. But de Gast finds a different kind of wealth in the region. Illustrated on every page. A 1st edition paperback in new condition. (79 pages & 15 pages of introduction). Codice articolo 2910
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