Ravnsbjerg Collection

Pictures from a photosession at a derelicted farm seeking traces of past human activity in the ruins.

I love exploring and photographing at derelicted sites. You are in a very special mixed mood of exitement and sadness. You know these motives soon will be destroyed so you cant get back. It is now or never. And there is danger aspect: You could get hurt by accident even if you are very careful. Or you could meet the guard and his dog. You cannot help thinking people once lived, loved, hated and worked these places and now nobody cares anymore. But overall the photo hunter instinct takes over and I almost get high on spotting motive by motive, digging for beaty in dirt and destruction.

Jeg er helt vild med at fotografere i saneringsmodne og forladte bygninger. Man kommer i en sær tilstand af et mix af begejstring, spænding og bedrøvethed. Du ved du har kort tid før det hele er væk, du kan komme til skade fordi bygningen er usikker eller rende ind i vagtens hund, og du kan ikke lade vær med at tænke på, at mennesker en gang boede, elskede, hadede og arbejdede her. Og nu er der stille og forladt. Gravstemningen viger dog for jagtinstinktet, og man bliver næsten høj af at se motiv efter motiv byde sig til i denne blanding af skønhed og forfald.