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Long gone

What remains when everyone has gone? Reflections on traces and memories.


Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux searched in China for abandoned and empty places and spaces. Each scene appears like a stage where the actors have just left or never appeared. The analogue pictures in black and white impart a timeless atmosphere and encourage the viewer to create his or her own story.

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