honorable mention
Marieke Berkelaar netherlands
Photo © Marieke Berkelaar
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to the Mall
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entry description
A department store in eastern Germany that is completely built in Art Nouveau style. It opened its doors in 1913 and unfortunately had to close in 2009. Since then, the building has been lonely and abandoned.about the photographer
Marieke Berkelaar is a photographer and graphic designer from Leerdam, the Netherlands. The combination of her photography and her passion for the past takes you back in time. In recent years, Marieke has mainly focused on capturing a piece of history; old and abandoned buildings. Places that give the impression that they have been abandoned from one moment to the next, who want to tell the stories of their time and where no one has been for years. She wants the viewer to wonder what happened. Wants them to unravel the how, what, and why behind the photo and feel the melancholy.back to gallery
