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Ilan Benattar’s ‘Lost Factories’
In his "Lost Factories" series, French photographer Ilan Benattar traveled across Europe shooting its abandoned industrial spaces. Scroll through the gallery for highlights of the series.
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"One of my favorite shots is of the clothing factory," says Benattar. "We can imagine all the people who worked on those sewing machines."
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The buildings are mostly empty today.
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"My photos give life to dead places," says Benattar.
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"What attracts me to these abandoned factories is their scale and symmetry," enthuses Benattar.
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Benattar prefers to keep the locations of the factories secret.
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"Lost Factories" is an ongoing series which Benattar hopes to extend to Asia soon.
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"I like the 'Gustave Eiffel style,' which is difficult to find -- but produces photographs with striking geometry."
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In some of the photos, traces of their past lives are visible just beneath the surface.
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Other structures are time-capsules trapped in a surreal state of stasis.
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Among his most startling images is the interior of an abandoned cooling tower, while another captures the intricately decorated metalwork of a factory's soaring support beams.
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The factories were once powerhouses for the production of clothing, electrical goods and wine.
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