Comments on: Laura Kicey: Lonelyhearths and Living Rooms

By: Lauren P.

Lauren P. — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:52:48 +0000

I love these so much. I have been putting House of Leaves into image search images trying to get images to give me more inspiration so that I can make a sculpture series based on the book House of Leaves. These photographs are truly inspiring!

By: rickie

rickie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:09:45 +0000

i love these type of photos, these type of areas. i always feel a need to take pictures of things like this, but my photos are always discarded by others because they aren’t happy portraits of people.

By: Io

Io — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:05:14 +0000

Tequila: I’d especially love to see those places in South America, as I love the idea of the old juxtaposed against the new as seen through a different cultural lenses.

Some great photographer out there just needs to travel the world photographing abandoned homes — from the Southern US to Chernobyl.

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:47:39 +0000

Very nice!

p.s. I never wanna see the words “scratch n’ sniff” and “truck stop” used in tandem, again.

*shudder*

By: CamyLuna

CamyLuna — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:16:33 +0000

Beautiful. I’ve always thought that abandoned places lead secret lives. Her pictures prove it.

By: Tequila

Tequila — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:49:50 +0000

Love these…especially that last one. All very dreamlike but so comforting and fun. One wants to LIVE there not just visit…

@Io…that reminds me of a few places in Mexico. Only people still lived in the places…it was a strange mix of the very old, bits of new, and just a look of lived in decay. It was beautiful to see…very much an organized chaos. You see the same in parts of South America too.

I saw bits of that shoot you and Kellie did…great stuff. The houses looked amazing!

By: Io

Io — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:45:10 +0000

These are fantastic! I especially love the dreamy quality of the first two shots after the jump.

Living in the South, there are tons of abandoned homes here. In fact, within a 2 mile radius of where I live, I’ve discovered at least 15 back in the woods or just off the road and begun exploring and photographing them (though not as artistically as this).

Most are 1920′s- style shotgun homes, but a few were mansions built sometime during the 1800′s as evidenced by the lack of electrical outlets and fireplaces in every room. In some, there are old suits hanging from the walls, Sear’s catalogs from the 1930′s, suitcases — it’s amazing.

Sadly, a few have become crack houses (like the one Aaron Hawks shot me and Kellie Laplegua in — the last place you want to be naked) and are dangerous for reasons other than rotting floors, but others make you feel as though you’ve been transported through time.

By: Slackety Pants

Slackety Pants — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:29:12 +0000

Oh… my… god… Those photos made me sigh wistfully. Thank you! What beautiful work!

You’re amazing, Mer.

S. Pants

By: Tanya

Tanya — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:44:31 +0000

Yes, oh YES, definitely YES! (I sound like a Kate Bush song here). This is diviiiiiiiine. This is some of the most beautiful architectural-ish photography I’ve seen in aeons. Thanks, Mer. It’s truly inspiring.

You also reminded me that I need to contact my friend S. Grabowska, about her photo series that I showed you a while back, the architectural rubble setting the stage for human form. Maybe she has new stuff that I can send over Coilhouse way.

I agree with the Tarkovsky comparison. I penned some thoughts about his interiors, a while back, after seeing “Zerkalo.” I have some YouTube clips up on my post.

By: R.

R. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:37:03 +0000

These are just simply amazing.