JAMIE BETTS – LEFT BEHIND
2017-03-06For the past ten years, Betts has documented abandoned places found across Virginia and beyond. Like stepping into a time capsule, these photographs tell the stories of their past inhabitants. Peeling wallpaper, crumbling brickwork and personal artifacts reveal traces of human presence and the inevitable effect of time. Derelict hospitals, farmhouses, barns, churches and other forgotten places appear to decay and crack before our eyes. Nature slowly begins to invade them as moss, stalactites and vegetation take hold.
Opposite – Reclamation. Abandoned Home Rural VA, 2015
Exhibition runs through to April 16th, 2017
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2200 Parks Avenue
Virginia Beach
Virginia
VA 23451
