2022
The author of a thesis on the development of Karlholm Strand used some of my photos (with permission) for skethes of the old board factory in a very creative way.
2020
A trip to the 70s at the heart of the Harz with “more fungi than people” even before it was struck by fire, water damaged and abandoned.
Braunlage, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Autumn 2020
Tunes & tweaks
As days get shorter screen time gets longer and the hacking faster (well ... ) which can only mean one thing – The Great Autumnal Code Cacophony has taken place. Read: reworked the index page, tweaked responsiveness and made the image subtitles visible without having to click on each image.
The wire production, halls and surroundings of the defunct metal works. Corrugated exteriors and spring flowers ahead!
Värmland, Sweden.
An autumn walk among the barracks.
A revisit to the ol' Soviet military base revealed a barrack filled with funky 70s club deco.
Me and comrade Pavel went on a spring walk to see what was left of the last building standing (more or less) at Karlit.
Welcome to the virtual version of the ASKA.nu anniversary exhibition! And yes, there is a photo wall.
December 2019 – January 2020.
Galleri Mellanrum, Stockholm.
2019
Pumpen got a much needed overhaul on every level. As the buildings are virtually gone I could also add to the background info.
Katrineholm, Sweden.
An abandoned military compound with all the barren barracks, collapsed theatres, sombre sports halls and trippy wall art you could ever ask for.
Former DDR, Germany.
Last year was a good one in terms of derelict lights. A few from the archives thrown in as well.
From a very wintery walk among the last remnants of Sulkyvägen outside Stockholm.
A trade deal with multi artist Anna-Karin Svedjestrand unfolding.
A fan page and a collection with the photos taken with “Little Crispy Hazy”.
As the friendly folks at Fabege lacked photos of the Arenastaden area before they became the new owners I was approached and a deal was made.
The barren remains of what was once a huge fibre board factory. And yes, there is an Ikea connection. And yes, there was a Picasso.
Karlholmsbruk, Uppland, Sweden.
2018
An afternoon in a valley of industrial remains in southern Spain. Poppies ahead!
Alicante, Spain.
New collection in the making! First batch of photos from brief stops while on the road through former eastern Germany.
Former DDR, Germany.
A rumble through a lush jungle (read: former park) later a slowly folding palace appeared before them.
France.
Autumn 2018
The world is high-res and so is Aska (mostly)
With more and more device screens being such high resoluton, why should this ol' website be any less. Many of the albums have recenctly been adapted to these crisp circumstances and if you wish to escape it a floating back-to-the-top button has been added.
Album freshly adaptified and – of course – photos slightly reworked in the process.
What happens in the deep woods of Värmland does not stay in the deep woods of Värmland. Especially when there are subtle photogenic hues to capture.
Reworked the pictures, updated the background info and re-hacked the innards of this grand raw sugar mill.
Two additions to two collections from the same location posted at the same time! There's a first for everything.
As the old mountain hotel has been replaced by villas its (not too secret) full name can now be revealed to the world.
A new tour of sceneries from crumbling or novel industrial sites around Stockholm.
Sweden.
2017
If lacking a door, what else to use than a discarded sofa.
Added a basic search function! Give it a try here or by clicking that looking glass in the top navigation. If it's appreciated I'll incorporate it in some kind of smoother way in the future.
Premiere post with pictures taken with the Topcon Horseman 980. From a total of eight frames the ones posted here were the only acceptable (and not accidentally double exposed) ones.
The newest recruit to the united labourers of Aska. Tilt-shift and medium format in a conveniently compact and retro cool kit. Yes, it's tricky to use. Yes, it's slow to use. And yes, it's great fun to use!
One from the vaults that I stumbled across.
Guest appearance by my good friend Pavel who sent a couple of postcards from the town of Blanca in Spain. And another one from Ulvsunda by yours truly.
A few shots from my very first visit to the derelict housing area Hästhagen in Söderfors.
A couple of loos from the exercise yard of one of Sweden's most (in)famous mental asylums.
Since long abandoned but recently scorched little farm in Uppland.
I had missed an entire roll with shots from the Kakelfabriken in France! Mistake mended and album updated now.
A set from the vaults added to the collection of Swedish ruralness. Worker's housing and crashing boiler houses ahead.
A newly furnished home for my collections of Swedish melancholy and crumbling sites around the country. More to come ...
Rural Sweden.
An excursion through a sizeable and derelict tile and mosaic factory.
France.
A healthy dose of urban junge among the last barracks standing in this once huge military compound.
Düsseldorf, Germany.
Yet another collection added! Fading commodities and flaking facilites in a wide variety of age, style and location. And cleanliness.
Everywhere.
(Formerly known as #verlassene_lampen.)
New tagged collection! You have to excuse my fancy for the abandoned lamps of the former DDR ... or even better – share it! Some hints on albums to come in there as well.
Former DDR, Germany. Mostly.
