When I saw this faded sticker of my favourite Angela Davis quote I took my first picture of this day out with Lukas, a super skilled photographer from Belgium. We were doing a photoshoot, me being in front of the camera for once haha. As we walked around looking for locations we came across many blocked off blocks, one of which you can see on the right.
The demolition of all these flats has been called out by who I assume are or were residents of such spaces. Their words are definitely stimulating if you let them be, such as on the small sticker on the right which says INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
I felt like I was in a strange dystopia on this one particular block which was right across from a completely closed off one. I wonder how empty it was though. I really like the picture on the left. There was an old woman leaning out of one of them talking to her friend when we were there.
PUBLIC HOUSING NOT PRIVATE PROFIT.
Capitalism is so careless man.
If I remember correctly then that huge block in the background of these two pics is the aforementioned closed off one. The reason I took these pictures though is because of the Adidas basketball board thing. There was cool graffiti inside the court that I would've loved to take pictures of and with, but there wasn't a safe way to enter lool.
The picture on the left was a complete accident. I fully didn't know I even took it until I was looking back on my pictures lool. Flipping amazing ay.
The architecture and colours here were really appealing here. Lukas and I went up the steps, desperate to find a way into this looming block but we were shut out ffs lmao. We walked cautiously around the corners in case we found any squatters or homeless people, though all we saw was beer cans and a duvet and what was probably shit on the wall, as you can see on the right.
We were just walking around and we found a little park by some estate. I can't resist swings. These dreamy pictures really capture the nostalgia I feel when I'm on them. Yeah.
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