Urban Archaeology

Today's trash is tomorrow's artifact, cryptic keys to understanding our culture left behind for future historians in urban junkyards, secluded dumping grounds and forgotten wooded lots. The remains of what we eat and drink, the tools and machines that drive our industry, mysterious messages scrawled on hidden concrete walls, will all no doubt be evidence of our existence long after this civilization has fallen and the next tries as best it can to understand the people that went before them. And as history has shown, all civilization do inevitably pass.
I have always considered myself something of an amateur archaeologist, trading in my spade and brushes for a camera, trying, most probably in vain, to decipher my world through images of the rusted remains of things our society discards when it finds their usefulness has finally come to an end. I had been scoping out this one section of the West Folk Mill Creek for some time and finally ventured in for a look-see. So here, submitted for your approval, another chapter in Urban Archaeology.

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©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014

©David Sorcher 2014