Grey concrete flats, generic office blocks, a grimly rising skyscraper …By photographer Sandra Jordan.
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| Berlin ‘Large in character, many people would ignore or walk past these uncompromising, harsh, fortress-like structures,’ she says. ‘Yet to me they communicate strength’ |
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| London these buildings also represent ‘honesty, rawness, rebelling against the norm’ |
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| London To find vantage points free of people, trees or other interference, Sandra heads to surrounding buildings |
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| London Jordan’s subjects, be they grey blocks of flats, unbuilt skyscrapers or aggressively cheery office buildings, are given dignity and even pride by her lens |
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| Berlin ‘So much in society is judged on outside aesthetics, yet here they seem to stand proud and want to be seen, despite their somewhat cold appearance and grotesqueness’ |
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| Berlin For her, the blocks are ‘not pandering to society; [they’re] quietly dominating the sky, patiently waiting to be seen’ |
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| Berlin But whether it’s in the heart of Berlin or the depopulated wastes of the Norwegian Arctic, finding beauty in desolation is the one thing that ties them all together |
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| Berlin ‘They’re not afraid to say: “I’m standing here with all my physical imperfections, but there is much more to me if you just took the time to look”’ |
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| Berlin Jordan has travelled across northern Europe for her work, photographing everything from UK seaside resorts to the Russian settlement of Barentsburg on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago and the Lofoten islands |
Source: The beauty of unloved buildings – in pictures
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