EXTRAORDINARY ABANDONED
VILLAS AND PALACES IN ITALY
G'day folks,
Romain Thiery, a native of France who lives in Montpellier,
is a self-taught professional photographer, born on July 4 1988.
Romain is also an amateur piano player, starting at the age of 5. Starting photography 10 years ago following the work of his
mother who specialized in heritage photography. That hobby turned into a
passion and, eventually, a profession the day he found a forgotten piano in an
abandoned castle in south of France.
Born in the
southwest of France in 1988 and passionate about beautiful images, he very
early specialized in urban exploration photography. This region, with its rich
history, is full of wonders that have now been abandoned. It all started there,
following in the footsteps of his mother who, a few years before me, had
already begun to record this forgotten heritage.
Since 2009, he has been
traveling around Europe in search of forgotten pianos. This journey gives him
the chance to visit and photograph unique abandoned places—from villas to
palaces.
You will find
here photographs taken in Italy between 2014 and 2020. These buildings are gigantic
for the most part: hotels, orphanages, hospitals. An immense space,
overwhelming in size, it's impossible not to feel vulnerable in front of these
majestic giants.
Now, let's see what he found ...
Clancy's comment: Wow. One thing I did notice was the lack of graffiti, compared to many abandoned places I have posted that were located in America. Interesting, eh?
Thank you, Romain.
I'm ...
