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CONTRYSMART • ABANDONED PLACES
DISCOVER THE
BEAUTY OF ABANDONED PASTS
For several years now, the Photographer and Musician
Markus Gebauer (MGness) have specialized in capturing the fasci-
nation of abandoned (sub-) urban spaces with their ageing charm and
glamour of forgotten times.
The journey continues, as he shows even more impressive images of
timeless beauty in his second pho- tobook. ”timeless 2”, he depicts how
nature powerfully reclaims what was once created by men.
In pursuit of the perfect moment and light, he has travelled thousands of kilometres and
crossed numerous borders to seek out these untouched treasures.
The subjects in their aesthetic and romantic
glory are intricately hidden,
and it takes his craving for adventure as well as patience, diligence and perfectionism to carefully portray their authentic
and historic ambience. MGness has fine-tuned his perspective to depict these mythical places of the world in a moving and dramatic light.
He makes us aware of their beauty
and transience. He discovers secret locations, which have been mysteriously abandoned and left to succumb to nature; their former hum perceptible, but now over- come by eerie tranquillity.
He enables a glimpse at their potential story in his imagery – all else is left to the
imagination.
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