Yves Marchand (born in 1981) and Romain Meffre (born in 1987) are two French photographer who met through a mutual interest in contemporary ruins. They began their collaboration in 2002 by exploring Parisian urban remains before their interest took them to Detroit, where a thorough exploration of the city lasting five years resulted in their seminal work, ‘The ruins of Detroit’. Their other projects after that include ‘Theatres’ where they discovered and documented the sorry state of theatres they came across while travelling around America.

Image Analysis

This image has been taken inside with the natural light coming through the windows. This image is filled with dull colours, mostly neutral tones like beige and creams. I think this image shows Anthropocene well as it shows a building that has been built from wood and such materials that have been sourced from the Earth and then abandoned to rot and ruin the landscape. This has a massive impact on landscapes and the Earth as people are cutting away nature and ruining habitats to build homes and buildings that are abandoned and left to decompose. There are over 19 million vacant buildings in America where the land could have been left untouched. I believe that I may be able to find a vacant building that I can take images of.