Well, I guess it's no surprise given that I haven't updated anything here in a very long time. Rather than provide some long-winded and lame explanation about why I haven't been posting anything, let me just confirm that yes, this project is now officially dead. Done. Over with.

Thanks for the visits and feedback while it lasted! If you're still looking for photos, I'll have to resort to sending you back here for the time being.

I'm just a tourist. If you're a cynic, that statement might imply a superficial curiosity about one's surroundings but to be fair, do we ever consider how formalized tourism instructs us to assess our surroundings?

'To be remembered' is not typical criteria for constructing a building. Some buildings however -- whether for reasons of spectacle, ego or bragging rights -- are built to be seen and admired but does this undermine the essential purpose of architecture?

Think of some well-known structures around the world: the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids at Giza, the Guggenheim in Manhattan (don't get me started about Gehry's monstrosity in Spain), the Empire State Building, the Sydney Opera House. I'd bet that most people can picture the majority of these buildings even if they've never seen them with their own eyes. I'll also bet that the picture that comes to mind is the same postcard image most other people recognize.

It's easy to overlook an abandoned shack when you're driving down a familiar road but as I make the trek back and forth to the cottage each year I notice small changes in the landscape: one building is now empty and for sale, another has been renovated and countless others still remain dormant and ignored as they have for years.

One particular building only seen in my peripheral vision at 100km/h was what appeared to be an old FotoMat booth. During a recent return trip from the cottage I managed to spot it and pull over for a closer look (without causing an accident in the process).

What is the Forgettable Buildings project?

For the past few years I've spent considerable time photographing buildings which are often ignored or overlooked by contemporary society. However, very little of that time was devoted to thinking about why these places exist in the first place or to considering their role in the modern urban landscape. I'm not interested so much in the literal histories of individual places. Rather, I'm interested in how these places -- as architectural leftovers of the built environment -- are created, seen, ignored and criticised by society and how photography provides a way to romanticise their otherwise mundane existence. This project is an attempt to coherently assemble ideas about these places and act as a venue for photography and opinions about architecture.