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Photographer Susan Tatterson highlights Arizona’s past with book of abandoned sites

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Following a boom of Southwest settlements between the late 1800s and early 1900s, an even faster decline saw ephemeral towns forgotten as gold or copper reserves dried up. Later, roadside tourist attractions weren’t always as lucrative as developers expected, and projects were abandoned, leaving behind urban decay along with tales of cursed land, cold-blooded murders, satanic rituals and more.

Photographer Susan Tatterson said she’s always been drawn to such places. She began photographing abandoned landscapes in 2008 while attending the University of Baltimore and decided to focus on deserted mills, schools and asylums throughout Maryland for her MFA thesis project.





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