Nobody's Home
John Maher Photographic Exhibition
26th Feb 2016 until 10th Apr 2016
@ Andrew Carnegie Museum, Dunfermline
This is a wee gem of an exhibition, around twenty photos of abandoned houses on the Isle of Harris taken by former Buzzcocks' drummer John Maher. The island is so remote, and houses so isolated that they are often closer to the sea than they are to a road. Accordingly when the residents finally come to stop living in these houses, there is little demand for them, and even getting a removal van to the door can be impractical. So the when the hardy souls that have lived there move on, they seem to simply be abandoned. Furniture can be left and the door is closed. Time passes, sheep shelter in the living room, the ceiling falls in the kitchen, but like a church that is always left open, there is something that compels those passing by to treat these relics with respect.
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