Guardian: Eerie glimpse into America’s decaying heartland

[Tony Gosling]

American apocalypse?
Eerie glimpse into America’s decaying heartland
#- Ohio's abandoned country houses
– in pictures http://gu.com/p/42ejp/tw
@Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/17/haunting-homes-ohio-abandoned-country-houses-in-pictures


Cleveland photographer Johnny Joo has documented 
a series of discarded properties in the midwest 
state, offering an eerie glimpse into America’s decaying heartland


Friday 17 October 201408.00 BST

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    A derelict former family home. Cleveland photographer Johnny Jo

    * A derelict former family home. Cleveland 
photographer Johnny Joo, 23, believes that with 
no prospect of restoration, properties such as these will continue to decay
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    An old birdcage sits on the top floor of a house. Away from the

    * An old birdcage sits on the top floor of a 
house. Away from the bright lights of the big 
cities, economic uncertainty has left these 
properties sitting on the scrapheap
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    A forgotten bedroom filled with furniture and rubbish

    * An abandoned bedroom filled with furniture and rubbish
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    The unwelcoming garden of another former family home. Joo says:

    * The unwelcoming garden of another former 
family home. Joo says: ‘I live 20 minutes from 
the city in one direction and 20 minutes or less 
from the country side in the other direction. 
There is lots of abandoned stuff throughout the 
city, and tons of abandoned and forgotten homes 
and towns through the countryside.’
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    Light streams through the window of a long-forgotten lounge. Jo

    * Light streams through the window of a 
long-forgotten lounge. Joo says: “It’s really 
just the craziest feeling being in these places. 
They are pretty much forgotten time capsules of a past life.”
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    A suit hangs on the wall of an unloved bedroom. Joo considers t

    * A suit hangs on the wall of an unloved 
bedroom. Joo considers the properties a haunting 
reminder that nothing lasts forever
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    A decaying mansion, which once housed the wealthiest family in

    * A decaying mansion, which once housed the 
wealthiest family in Ashtabula County
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    The Ashtabula County mansions living room has paper peel

    * The Ashtabula County mansion’s living room 
has paper peeling off the walls, holes in the 
ceiling and paint cans strewn across the floor
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    A bleak living room complete with an old television set and arm

    * A bleak living room complete with an old television set and armchair
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    Another former bedroom filled with old junk and furniture

    * Another former bedroom filled with old junk and furniture
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    Land previously owned by a farmer now sits empty. Joo says: 

    * Land previously owned by a farmer now sits 
empty. Joo says: ‘As far as some of the ones I 
have seen, I feel that they will remain mostly 
forgotten until being completely swallowed by nature, as sad as it is.’
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    Detritus fills a room also containing two single beds, still co

    * Detritus fills a room also containing two 
single beds, still covered in sheets and blankets
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    The sad spectacle of a childs bedroom filled with toys a

    * The sad spectacle of a child’s bedroom filled with toys and plants
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    A house that Joo had previously photographed that has fallen in

    * A house that Joo had previously 
photographed that has fallen into a hole 
collapsing in completely on itself. ‘I feel that 
may be the final resting place of all of these, he adds.
    * All photographs: Johnny Joo/Barcroft Media

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