Close to Kai Fagerström´s family summer home in Finland, some houses are abandoned due to the fact that the previous owner has either moved out or died. However, the buildings are not fully abandoned, new tenants have moved in as you can see in this unusual photo series:
Persistence pays off! Kai spent several evenings waiting to capturing this moment involving his dog and a bank vole:
This is what Kai told National Geographic:
It was the air of desolation that drew Kai Fagerström to the handful of derelict dwellings near his family’s summer home in rural Suomusjärvi, Finland. As the amateur photographer peered through broken windows and cracks in doors, he noticed tiny tracks: Mice, badgers, and other feral trespassers had made themselves at home after the residents had died or relocated. “When I go into these houses, it’s like stepping back in time—the past lingers in the corners,” says the 48-year-old, who works by day managing properties for a parish in his hometown of Salo. “But there’s consolation in the idea that nature is reclaiming the places it has lent to people.”
This image really puts a smile on my face:
Via TwistedSifter.
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