The images above are all from Yury Toroptsov’s project called “Deleted Scene”. Toroptsov took a lot of these images in Russia, where his father lived and died.

The image below is from one of Toroptsov’s books and is one of my favourite of his images.

Technical: This image uses natural lighting, during the day time to create a natural looking image of lots of derelict housing. The image also shows lots of clouds above which creates a sad and dull atmosphere within the image.

Visual: The image is made up of a lot of brown and grey colours. These colours are used to show how broken-down and old this area is after years since he was there. It shows that the area has either become run-down or was always a very dull place to be.

The image also has this idea of space because it shows this 3D area behind the main aspect of the image (the wooden poles) with all these old and similar houses covering the landscape behind.

Contextual: This is apart of Toroptsov’s study on his home town in Russia. During this project he was trying to show areas he knows his father was to show that the memory of him. It shows an old run down area to show how old and derelict the area has become since he lived there.

Conceptual: The idea behind this work was to go back to areas his father had gone to show that him and his family remembers where they lived and how they lived through showing all the old buildings and broken down areas that they their family went to. This image shows how it may have aged and looks older over the years.