Ghosts of Shopping Past
A brilliant set of images documenting the death of many of the American Malls by photographer Brian Ulrich. I studied the idea of the American Mall when I was doing Diploma. I was looking at public and private space in terms of cities. Not my favourite of spaces it must be said.
The images as well as an interview are here and the headline quote taken from the article below.
Landscaping overgrows, walls develop mildew, ceilings cave in — a building can be shut down, but that doesn’t make it go away. Brian Ulrich’s photographs of closed-down malls and big-box retail stores reveal the potential ghost towns lying inside successful shopping complexes all across America.
Edit: The full set of images can be seen on his website. Looks like they were all shot on a large format camera.
