Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

Since 2002, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have been united by their shared passion for contemporary ruins. They capture lost ideals and faded glory by photographing the buildings that are left behind. Modern ruins or obsolete, abandoned buildings, reused for commercial purposes as shops or markets, are meticulously captured. Their artwork is at times frightening and alienating, yet always mesmerizing and soothing.

“During our visits to ruins, we always try to focus on remarkable buildings, whose architecture embody the psychology of an age and a system, and we observe the metamorphosis of the process of decay.”

Submitted by Galerie Fontana