Italy Apulia Spinazzola

View from inside an abandoned farmhouse towards other ruins on Monte Caccia

2019
03/31
X-T3, XF16mmF1.4 R WR @ f/9.0 1/170, ISO 200
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The image offers an unusual perspective from inside an abandoned farmhouse on Monte Caccia. Through a large window without frames, the external landscape can be seen with other ruins of the agrarian reform in the distance. The interior of the building reveals advanced conditions of decay: debris on the floor, flaking plaster, irregular openings in the walls where doors and windows once were. Natural light penetrates from multiple openings, creating a play of shadows and contrasts that highlights the texture of the wall surfaces. The contrast between the darkness of the interiors and the brightness of the external landscape creates a natural frame that frames the view of the green fields and other ruined buildings. This perspective from inside to outside tells the story of an interrupted domestic life, of houses that were once homes and today are only empty shells open to the elements.

interior, farmhouse, ruin, window, Monte Caccia, Alta Murgia, Spinazzola, abandonment, Apulia