Travel 3rd place winner

This picture was taken in Kolmanskop, a ghost town invaded by sand and lost in the middle of the Namibian desert. People from all around the world came there after the discovery of diamonds in 1908 and it went through a real « diamond rush ». But a few decades after; a new diamond deposit was discovered in the south and people left as quickly as they arrived. Little by little, a metaphoric sea of sand recovered all humans settlement to create this incredible and unreal atmosphere.

Passionate forever by travels and photography, Romain Veillon is specialized in the urban exploration of our abandon heritage across the world; whether it is old castles, factories, hospitals or even churches. He immortalizes these places where time seems to be frozen and share with us the discovery of these incredible locations that the world have forgotten. Each photography owns its proper history and invite us to dive with him looking for these ghosts of the past. His work questions us on the connections between Man and his environment in a society where recent changes push us to interrogate about our former actions and their consequences today.

"L'ivress", Paris 2013
"Brody's studios", Budapest 2014
« Galerie Brumaire », Paris 2014
« JBF art gallery », Paris 2014
« RDVI Rendez-vous image», Strasbourg, 2015
« Temps suspendu », Musée de la poste, Paris, 2016
« Vues libres à Pontaniou », Brest, 2016