Abandoned & Industrial Photography

by Björn Sahlberg

Château of Singers

final hit

Yo! Bum rush le château!

This 17th century treat had for a long time suffered from an owner incapable of keeping the palace in shape. Offers of funding from the community were neglected and when a fire struck one of the wings even the fire fighters were chased off the palace grounds. Luckily the whole place wasn't burned down. The old owner is now living in a home for the elderly and a new owner already started the much needed restoration.

At the time of our visit we shared the château with two young men clad with box-fresh sneakers recording a music video on the second floor. Their sound system blasted bass tunes that could be heard from afar, and they had parked the car right in front of the palace gate. All this made the visit quite uneasy and after a few shots on the ground floor we left promptly.

Bonne chance pour la restauration, belle château!

A walk in the park at Château of Singers, France.

the forgotten garden

A walk in the park.

One of the wings, heavily damaged by fire at Château of Singers, France.

ivy league quel bordel

One of the wings, heavily damaged by fire.

The famous stairway. The graffiti has been crossed out as a protest against scribbling in such an environment at Château of Singers, France.

floored graffiti stairway to ...

The famous stairway. The graffiti has been crossed out as a protest against scribbling in such an environment.

Château of Singers, France.

floored slefie

The library 1.

Room with a curved door leading to one of the wings at Château of Singers, France.

a secret door floored

Room with a curved door to one of the wings.

Room with wall painting 1 at Château of Singers, France.

floored lost art

Room with wall painting 1.

Wall painting up close. Unfortunately vandalized. Château of Singers, France.

lost art

Wall painting up close. Unfortunately vandalized.

Wall painting up close. The painted monkeys has given the palace its common ubrex name at Château of Singers, France.

lost art

Wall painting up close.

Palace carriage at Château of Singers, France.

road's end

Palace carriage.

Side building interior at Château of Singers, France.

ivy league stairway to ...

Side building interior.

Il était une fois ...

The library in the good ol' days. © Unknown

The front. © A. L.

Technicalities

January 2016

France

Hasselblad 500c/m Zeiss Distagon 50 mm F/4 Kodak Ektar 100 Imacon Flextight Photo