Now it's all covered with flowers."
Now it's turned into a corn field"
Nobody paid much attention"
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/28/black-friday-haunting-documentary-photo-series-captures-abandoned-malls-us/
"This was a shopping mall Now it's all covered with flowers." "This was a discount store Now it's turned into a corn field" "And as things fell apart Nobody paid much attention" Lyrics from "(Nothing But) Flowers" by Talking Heads. Photos taken by Seph Lawless, from his book Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall. The work documents two abandoned malls in Ohio: the Rolling Acres Mall near Akron, and the Randall Park Mall near Cleveland. Lawless worked at a mall in his first job, and here's a fascinating interview covering how he got the photos:
http://petapixel.com/2014/04/28/black-friday-haunting-documentary-photo-series-captures-abandoned-malls-us/
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