“This was somebody’s home, and somehow they lost their home,” said weekend photographer Michael Wade, 68, who has been documenting the nostalgic stories of abandoned buildings through his lens since 2018.
“That personally resonates with me greatly because I had to struggle so hard to keep my family from losing our home.”
The sunken roofs and sagging porches of the deserted houses he portrays—once elegant manners filled with laughter—bespeak of simpler times gone by. Meanwhile, haunting fronts of forsaken goods stores, once the thriving heart of a community, whisper of their owners’ lost dreams.
“That was somebody’s dream. What happened to it?” asked Wade….