Slum beautiful

I’ll start by saying I know nothing about what I’m going to post. Great start! All I do know is it’s called Slum Beautiful, and it’s a site run by someone called Demond Meek, dedicated solely to his photographs of derelict houses in St Louis, Missouri.

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slum beautiful

I think there is something especially strange and striking about the fact most of them are sat in their individual lots, disintegrating on their own. The pictures remind me of Julian Temple’s extraordinary documentary about the depopulation of Detroit. Have you seen it? Watch the opening scenes here:

2 Responses to “Slum beautiful”

  1. Sarah @ Curio
    January 31, 2013 at 9:24 am #

    And each house is so beautiful – imagine the market value here in the UK! North Philadelphia is similar – there are whole *streets* of derelict 3 storey Victorian houses.

  2. myfriendshouse
    January 31, 2013 at 11:00 am #

    I know, they’re so handsome aren’t they. I remember when I first lived in London though, there were houses round Spitalfields that were totally derelict. All very fancy now x

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