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MADRID, SPAIN. Photographers documenting abandoned urban spaces have been in the news recently. Traveller Dan Marbaix has even been been arrested 20 times while trespassing. Motivated by curiosity and the desire to document what has been forgotten, he is not the only one to explore derelict metropolitan areas.
In the Spanish capital, the number of abandoned spaces has been on the rise since the outbreak of the crisis. In the following images, photographer Óscar Carrasco depicts a series of deserted, or simply ignored, locations in Madrid. Architectural, civil, religious, military, popular, historical or contemporary – quotidian life has left its mark on all of these spaces. But the mark is dilapidating.
Tabacalera Skatepark. Óscar Carrasco. |ROOSTERGNN
Faro de Moncloa. Óscar Carrasco. | ROOSTERGNN
Club Alpino Español. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Hospital San Lucas y San Nicolás. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Fabrica Gal. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Casino de Baile. Parque de El Capricho. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
La Galera. Cárcel de Mujeres. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Palomar de Silillos. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Ermita de Polvoranca. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Estación del Norte.Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Palacio de Osuna de Aranjuez. Óscar Carrasco | Photo: ROOSTERGNN
Piscina en Las Rozas. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Valdeiglesias. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Hospital de la Barranca. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Sanatorio militar de Los Molinos. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Aldea de la Aldehuela. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Búnker del General Miaja. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Club Alpino Guadarrama. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Club el Cisne Negro. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Instituto de Medicina Molecular Príncipe de Asturias. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Mercado de Legazpi. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Vivienda en Algodor. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
Vivienda en Aranjuez. Óscar Carrasco | ROOSTERGNN
The images themselves will be on view at the “Madrid Off” exhibit at La Tabacalera until February 23rd, 2014.