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Angela Carlsen
Angela Carlsen studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in photography. Since graduating, she has been focusing her work on abandoned spaces. Her photographs of the condemned Halifax Infirmary received much attention from the press and gave her an honourable mention from the Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, architecture category. Angela's current work on deserted rural houses has been funded by Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
Through my years of photographing the world around me, I realize I am drawn to the old and decaying, preferring the allure of history over the new and polished. The disintegration of architecture offers an amazing opportunity to document a beauty that is overlooked in a society where we favour replacing the old with the new.
Photographing abandoned, decaying, and condemned buildings has become my passion. I feel strongly about preserving the past as it helps me understand where we were, where we are, and where we are headed. Each visit to an abandoned space is a unique experience where personal stories unfold before me, told through the architecture and artefacts left behind.
My photographs capture one moment in time and, due to the rapidity of decay, cannot be replicated. In an environment of continuous change, photography has the ability to permanently capture temporary situations; the remnants of our discarded evolution. Using this medium, I attempt to document through light and color the secret splendour inside structures few have a chance to experience.
Angela Carlsen studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in photography. Since graduating, she has been focusing her work on abandoned spaces. Her photographs of the condemned Halifax Infirmary received much attention from the press and gave her an honourable mention from the Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards, architecture category. Angela's current work on deserted rural houses has been funded by Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage.
Through my years of photographing the world around me, I realize I am drawn to the old and decaying, preferring the allure of history over the new and polished. The disintegration of architecture offers an amazing opportunity to document a beauty that is overlooked in a society where we favour replacing the old with the new.
Photographing abandoned, decaying, and condemned buildings has become my passion. I feel strongly about preserving the past as it helps me understand where we were, where we are, and where we are headed. Each visit to an abandoned space is a unique experience where personal stories unfold before me, told through the architecture and artefacts left behind.
My photographs capture one moment in time and, due to the rapidity of decay, cannot be replicated. In an environment of continuous change, photography has the ability to permanently capture temporary situations; the remnants of our discarded evolution. Using this medium, I attempt to document through light and color the secret splendour inside structures few have a chance to experience.