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Clair in Ruins

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How’s this for a great occupation?

  1.  Alice van Kempen searches the internet for abandoned sites across Europe. I’d be great at that.

    “You have to be sort of like Sherlock Holmes to find out where they are.” – That lucky so-and-so, Alice van Kempen

  2. She travels to the locations she discovers, and explores them. Travel? Exploration? I’m in.
  3. She is accompanied by her 3-year-old Bull Terrier, Clair. Trusty sidekick? Even better.
  4. She then poses and photographs the intrepid Clair in those gorgeous locations. Sign me up.

I love ruins. I could easily see myself wandering the world, taking pictures of, well, something. I’ll need a sidekick. What about this thing? Or maybe this one? No? Alright, it’s a work in progress, but you get the idea.

Anyway, I’m 100% certain you’re going to love van Kempen’s photos of the lovely Clair. Maybe she’d loan me the dog . . .

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Author: Donna from One Beautiful Thing

I have committed to spending part of every day looking for at least one beautiful thing, and sharing what I find with you lovelies!

24 thoughts on “Clair in Ruins

  1. Judy E Martin's avatar

    Oh these are just brilliant, so original 🙂

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  2. Elizabeth Levesque's avatar

    The photos are gorgeous (some of them are even a little haunting), and so is Clair. Our dogs are 14 now, and are a couple of lazy bums who won’t even wear a birthday hat.

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  3. Anthony's avatar

    For an artist, I wonder what it feels like for something just to “click”. That moment when they understand what they are going to do for a significant part of their life. I have heard musicians talk about it…but never writers or painters or photographers.

    From what I gather about writers, they’ve always known they wanted to write. Perhaps that revelation just came too young to be able to pin it down. Picking up a pen is not like picking up a guitar…I guess.

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  4. capn toni old boi night fish's avatar

    Probably it is because the feel of these locations all carry such a deep haunting signature for me that my inner being just reacts uncomfortably to the images. And, well, I’ve never been keen for Animal Kin to be “dressed up,” rather I see Divinity has created them perfectly just as they are. Those are just my head trips, I know.
    However, there is one shot that is a real stand-out for me and that is the stained glass with Pup standing center. That shot is beautiful… to me.
    Thanks for finding and sharing, Donna.
    Blessings…
    Cap’n Toni….

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  5. Laura (PA Pict)'s avatar

    Wow! I would love these photos even if they were just of ruined, decayed locations. The fact there is a cute dog posing in them who looks like the perfect photographer’s model amps the charm way on up the scale. That dog is a more compliant model than my kids for goodness sakes.

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  6. trE's avatar

    Clair looks so content in all of them like she truly enjoys her role! Delightful concept, beautiful photos!

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  7. StellaKate Blue's avatar

    These photos are cool and Clair is an amazingly good sport. But yes, you need a trusty side-kick that is not a dodo bird or a slug.

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  8. rossmurray1's avatar

    That dog might need a hazmat suit.

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  10. Melissa's avatar

    It’s amazing how tolerant dogs are. I love bull terriers and I love some of the abandoned spots she found. P.S.–I would make a great sidekick.

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  11. Melissa's avatar

    I’ll keep my sidekicking skills sharp, just in case.

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