Martin Osner, a series

Abandoned Collection

Old cars on poles, caravans sinking into the veld, a forsaken aeroplane. Beauty in the things we throw away, photographed across South Africa and printed as limited editions.

41 works

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The story

A throw away society, and what it leaves behind.

Homes fill with the newest things, cars wait in garages, caravans and boats promise the weekend. Each has a short life before its journey towards insignificance begins. Abandoned stops at the end of that journey, and finds it beautiful.

The series began with a Karmann Ghia perched on a pole behind a no parking sign, and grew into a body of work: cars, caravans, deserted houses, garden furniture left to the weather, and an aeroplane nobody came back for.

Sold out works stay in the series, marked, because the series is the point.