Photos of the Moment: Abandoned Pools of the World

Posted by Mike Richard on November 20, 2007
Filed under: Photography, Sidelines

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Abandoned Pool, Arizona

An interesting Flickr discussion opened up to pay homage to abandoned pools. Having grown up in Florida (where pools are as commonplace as roofs), I’ll confess to a strange fascination with them as well.

By their very nature, pools convey an almost universal sense of all-American family, togetherness, good times and backyard barbeques. To contrast that image with photographs that capture such stark suburban decay is dizzying.

Perhaps my favorite:

Abandoned Pool, North Carolina

Even in present day, hyper-litigious America, the sign is a bit unnecessary, no? Reminds me of a Howard Johnson I stayed at once.

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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.



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