For over 40 Years, This Guy Photographed the Same Buildings as he Watched them Decline

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We all see familiar buildings in our neighbourhoods change over the years, but what if you photographed them from the exact same spot, documenting them over a time span of over four decades? That’s exactly what Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara did. Focusing on the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America, Camilo returned year after year to re-photograph the same places, becoming “an archivist of decline”. Here is a brief look at the space and time he has tracked…

Ransom Gills Mansion (1993-2014)

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65 East 125th St., Harlem (1977-2014)

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