Abandoned Factory Stairs and Weathered Brick Wall
Diagonal Steps Through Layers of Industrial Decay
The staircase does most of the work in this frame. It cuts diagonally across the brick wall, dividing the photograph into a series of rough geometric shapes while the repeating steps pull the eye upward into the darker corner of the factory.
What caught me was the collision between order and decay. The stairs are rigid, functional and repetitive; everything around them is wearing away. Paint has peeled from the brickwork. Dark streaks run down the steps. Patches of warm brown, grey, faded white and ochre shift across the walls, revealing layer after layer of use and exposure. Even the vertical column near the centre seems to separate two different histories of the same interior.
I have always been drawn to abandoned industrial spaces because they are full of compositions that were never designed to be photographs. Nothing here was arranged for appearance. The staircase existed simply to move people from one level to another, yet once the factory fell silent, its shape became the dominant visual element. The strong diagonal gives the scene movement, while the worn brick and stained surfaces slow the eye down and reward a closer look.
I made this photograph in 2008. What interests me now is the same thing that interested me then: the evidence of time. The structure remains recognizable and purposeful, but every surface carries the marks of age, neglect and weathering. It is architecture gradually becoming texture.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2008
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Every photograph in my collection comes from my own travels, explorations, and years behind the camera.
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