Abu Dhabi city isn’t very old; it’s not like being in Cairo or Istanbul, where the “old city” goes back centuries. Here “old” buildings might be from the 1950s or even the 1970s. The city exists in a constant state of re-invention, which sometimes results in good things, like the long stretch of waterfront parks and walking paths that didn’t exist twelve years ago. But re-invention also brings an almost constant hum of demolition and construction: this picture is taken from the Corniche, looking past a circular fountain towards a building that’s being knocked down. When I got closer to the building, I could see shreds of old carpets and flaps of wallpaper: the remnants of lives that have been displaced to…?
Makes you think, doesn’t it? Great thought provoking photo.
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Really great image Deborah!
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Weirdly beautiful. I almost want to frame this.
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Love the photo! I’ve seen that once or twice – the sawed off apartments on a condemned building.
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eerie. i always like to steal glimpses into vacated lives.
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