Boarded-up Houses


  • Photographer
    Katharina Fitz
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2016
  • Technical Info
    digital, Nikon 300s

In Europe today there are around 11 million empty and unoccupied homes, of which 600,000 are in England (200 000 classed as long-term empty in 2016). Large scale vacancy in cities is often a sign of great upheaval within the urban space. Focusing on typical Victorian working class terraced houses in post-industrial Liverpool and Manchester, the project highlights the sheer volume of long-term vacancies in England to create a critical reflection about the extensive amount of unoccupied homes in England as well as in Europe. The images radiate an uncertainty in relation to their future, producing a sense of instability. The aims of the project are to create a conscious reflection of vacant houses and an awareness of the constant structural changes of our cities. Here is a link to additional video material created alongside the photographs, documenting the derelict areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TZg624CQ84

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