Retail Abandonment

2024

Empty grassy lot in front of an apartment block

Empty gutted interior seen through a shop window

Empty urban lot with grass beside apartment blocks and a quiet street

Boarded-up shopfront with a Dutch sign reading Binnenkort komt hier

Person in a blue coat walking along a brick pavement

Bare trees reflected in a large weathered window

Brick wall stencilled with the words Sometimes Later Becomes Never

Empty café terrace tables reflected in a large window

Wall-mounted lantern on a brick building in an alley

Overgrown plants against a weathered brick wall and door

Empty shopfront covered with plastic sheeting during renovation

Shop window with a Dutch to-let rental sign

Arched brick doorway of an old building

Overgrown vacant lot behind a fence with a skip

Neon sign in a dark window reading Sneakers Bar To Go

Sunlight falling across a plastic-sheeted brick wall

Client: Het Financieele Dagblad
Role: Photographer

Commissioned by Het Financieele Dagblad, Retail Abandonment documents the growing vacancy of Dutch city centres following the pandemic. Empty windows, blocked sightlines and inactive interiors are photographed through reflections and layered surfaces, making economic change visible within the everyday street. The approach is documentary but subjective, using obstruction and atmosphere to register the slow disappearance of physical retail.

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