Andrew Emond
Abandoned Spaces
- PhotographerAndrew Emond
ANDREW EMOND Since 2017, Emond has been sneaking photos of anonymous interiors around Toronto with his phone, focusing on places mid-renovation, demolition, or just left empty.
I’m not usually into urban-exploration stuff, but his pictures are so striking, and I’m amazed at how he keeps finding such great locations.
Abandoned Spaces
Andrew Emond’s project Abandoned Spaces delves into the haunting beauty of deserted interiors, capturing the delicate interplay between human absence and architectural decay. His work goes beyond mere documentation, offering a poignant exploration of solitude, memory, and the passage of time.
Emond began photographing abandoned and vacant places in 2017, initially creating documentary-style projects. After a period of creative burnout, he returned to photography with a renewed sense of freedom, approaching each space without a fixed agenda. This shift allowed him to capture the unique atmosphere and subtle details of each location, turning ordinary decay into a meditation on impermanence.
Operating primarily in Toronto, Emond often uses his smartphone to document interiors of abandoned homes. The resulting images evoke a striking blend of nostalgia, eeriness, and beauty, moving beyond the superficial allure of "ruin porn" to provoke deeper psychological and existential reflections. His photographs have been described as a visual diary of an apocalypse, capturing the silent collapse of spaces once filled with life.
Through Abandoned Spaces, Emond invites viewers to confront the fragility of human presence, reminding us that even in decay, there is a haunting, often poetic, beauty waiting to be discovered.
