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'''Seph Lawless''' (1978)<ref name="esandy">Eric Sandy, '']'', August 7, 2013.</ref> is a pseudonymous American ], best known for his photos of ] and abandoned spaces across the United States. '''Seph Lawless''' is an American photographer who has documented ] and abandoned spaces in the United States.<ref name="esandy">{{cite news|last1=Sandy|first1=Eric|title=The Art of the Autopsy: Photographer Seph Lawless Spends his Days Documenting Decaying Ruins|url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-art-of-the-autopsy-photographer-seph-lawless-spends-his-days-documenting-decaying-ruins/Content?oid=3625444|accessdate=November 28, 2017|work=]|date=August 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://6abc.com/hobbies/hauntingly-beautiful-abandoned-houses/1058329/ |title=Photographer captures 'Hauntingly Beautiful' abandoned homes |work=] |date=October 30, 2015|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref>


==Early life== == Early life ==
Lawless was born in ], and briefly raised in ], before returning to Cleveland, where he now resides.<ref name="imaryann">iMaryAnn, ], March 7, 2014.</ref><ref name="duberti">David Uberti, '']'', June 19, 2014.</ref><ref name="mnewton">Matthew Newton, Thought Catalog, June 9, 2014.</ref> His father was a longtime worker at ]; through him, Lawless witnessed the collapse of the once-thriving ].<ref name="svalera020714">Stephanie Valera, ], February 7, 2014.</ref><ref name="gvansusteren">Interview with ], ], May 2, 2014.</ref>


Lawless grew up in a suburb of ], Ohio.<ref name="duberti">{{cite news|last=Uberti|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/19/-sp-death-of-the-american-shopping-mall|title=The death of the American mall|work=]|date= June 19, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Petkovic|first1=John|title=Cleveland photographer Seph Lawless chronicles left-for-dead America|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/cleveland_photographer_seph_la.html|accessdate=December 1, 2017|work=]|date=October 7, 2017}}</ref> He has stated that his father was a longtime worker at ].<ref name="mnewton">{{cite web|last1=Newton|first1=Matthew|title=Taking Pictures Of The Dead Shopping Malls Of Our Youth: Images From Suburban America|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/matthew-newton/2014/06/photographing-the-dead-shopping-malls-of-our-youth-images-from-suburban-america/|accessdate=November 28, 2017|website=]|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="svalera020714">{{cite web|last1=Valera|first1=Stephanie|title=Ruins of the Rust Belt: Haunting Photos of Abandoned Buildings by Seph Lawless|url=https://weather.com/travel/news/ruins-rust-belt-abandoned-buildings-photos-seph-lawless-20140206|website=]|accessdate=November 28, 2017|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="gvansusteren">{{cite news|last1=Van Susteren|first1=Greta|authorlink1=Greta Van Susteren|title=From bustling center of prosperity to ghost town|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/3531984184001/?#sp=show-clips|accessdate=November 28, 2017|publisher=]|date=May 2, 2014}}</ref>
==Career==
Lawless began photographing urban decay around 2001.<ref name="imaryann"/> In 2012 and 2013, he traveled across the United States photographing man-made desolation, forgotten landscapes and other symbols of industrial decline, mostly in the ]. Photographing abandoned factories, churches, theaters, buildings, hospitals, houses, schools and hotels, he wound up with approximately 3,000 images and 17 hours of video footage, culminating in his first book, ''Autopsy of America'', published in 2014.<ref name="esandy"/><ref name="svalera020714"/><ref name="shoraczek">Stan Horaczek, ''American Photo'', April 29, 2014.</ref>


== Photography ==
⚫ Stemming from ''Autopsy of America'',<ref name="shoraczek"/> Lawless's follow-up, ''Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall'', with photos from late-2013 through April 2014,<ref name="gvansusteren"/> documents the demise of old symbols of American commercialism, honing in on abandoned, decaying and boarded-up shopping malls.<ref name="duberti"/><ref>Jordan G. Teicher, '']'', June 22, 2014.</ref> He photographed malls in Michigan and Ohio,<ref name="asmith">Aaron Smith, ], June 30, 2014.</ref> primarily the abandoned ] in ], built in 1975 and closed in 2008, and the ] in ], which was the world's largest shopping center at the time of its opening in the 1970s; it closed in 2009.<ref name="svalera051414">Stephanie Valera, Weather.com, May 14, 2014.</ref> Rolling Acres Mall is set to be demolished in 2014,<ref> ABC News. Retrieved June 28, 2014.</ref> and Lawless's photos of Randall Park Mall were the last taken of the mall before its demolition.<ref>Adele Peters, '']'', April 21, 2014.</ref><ref>Kaitlyn Schaeffer, '']'', April 26, 2014.</ref> The photos have been called "ghostly and eerie."<ref name="svalera051414"/> According to Green Street Advisors, approximately 15% of US malls will fail by 2030.<ref name="asmith"/> Only two new malls have been built in the US since 2006.<ref name="asmith"/> By documenting broken parts of the country in ''Black Friday'', Lawless intended to show the world a vulnerable side of America, and to generate awareness about poor and disenfranchised Americans.<ref name="gvansusteren"/><ref>Michael Walsh, '']'', April 30, 2014.</ref><ref> ], June 9, 2014.</ref>


In 2012 and 2013, Lawless photographed abandoned industrial infrastructure and other aspects of ] in the ] and elsewhere in the United States for his ] 2014 book, ''Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless''.<ref name="esandy"/><ref name="svalera020714"/>
In 2014, Lawless's photos of abandoned malls were featured in segments on ]<ref name="weather041014"> The Weather Channel, April 10, 2014.</ref> and ],<ref name="asmith"/> and he was also interviewed about the photos by ] on ].<ref name="gvansusteren"/> Lawless has stated that he plans to do a photography project in ], focusing on the country's artists;<ref name="svalera020714"/> to document the US ] region;<ref name="shoraczek"/> and to chronicle the lives of Death Row inmates in Ohio.<ref name="dlcade">DL Cade, Peta Pixel, April 28, 2014.</ref> Lawless works with charities such as Educate Not Incarcerate and ].<ref name="imaryann"/> He has set up small kiosks at operating malls in Ohio to sell prints of his photos of decaying and abandoned malls, with the proceeds going to the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.<ref name="svalera051414"/><ref name="weather041014"/><ref name="mnewton"/>


⚫ A second book, ''Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall'', contains photos from 2013 and 2014 documenting abandoned and boarded-up shopping malls.<ref name="gvansusteren"/><ref name="duberti"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Jordan G. |last=Teicher|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/06/22/seph_lawless_photographs_abandoned_malls_in_his_book_black_friday.html|title=A Haunting Look Inside Some of America's Abandoned Shopping Malls|work=]|date= June 22, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref> He photographed abandoned malls in Michigan and Ohio,<ref name="asmith">{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Smith|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/30/news/economy/dead-malls/index.html|title=Autopsy of America: Photos of dead shopping malls|work=]|date=June 30, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref> including the abandoned ] in ], built in 1975 and closed in 2008, and the ] in ], which was said to be the world's largest shopping center at the time of its opening in the 1970s, and which closed in 2009.<ref name="svalera051414">{{cite web|first=Stephanie|last=Valera|url=http://www.weather.com/travel/abandoned-malls-seph-lawless-photos-20140408|title=Black Friday: Ghostly Images of Abandoned Malls by Seph Lawless|website=]|date=May 14, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Adele|last=Peters|url=http://www.fastcoexist.com/3029341/eerie-photos-of-abandoned-shopping-malls-show-the-changing-face-of-suburbia|title=Eerie Photos Of Abandoned Shopping Malls Show The Changing Face Of Suburbia|work=]|date=April 21, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name=walsh>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Walsh|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/creepy-photos-abandoned-shopping-malls-highlight-reveal-hard-times-article-1.1773948 |title=Creepy photos of abandoned shopping malls highlight crumbling communities of the Rust Belt|work=]|location=New York|date=April 30, 2014|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref>
==Style==
Lawless uses ], Facebook and other social media sites to publicize his work.<ref name="esandy"/> His tactics have been described as "reminiscent of a graffiti artist, with his pseudonym and sneak-around style."<ref name="shoraczek"/> Lawless has stated that he has been arrested more than 50 times for his attempts to get into various spaces.<ref name="imaryann"/><ref name="dlcade"/> He uses a ] camera, and does not crop his photos, preferring to use his ] like in analog photography.<ref name="dlcade"/>


In March 2016, his photographs of ], an abandoned section of ], were published in various media outlets, and he claimed to have been banned from entering Disney World after photographing and sharing his images to the press.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35863563/the-dead-water-parks-at-the-heart-of-disney-world-florida|work= ]|title= The dead water parks at the heart of Disney World Florida|date=March 22, 2016|accessdate=November 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Morona|first1=Joey|title=Seph Lawless: Q&A with photographer behind those viral images of abandoned places|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/05/seph_lawless_abandoned_building.html|accessdate=December 13, 2016|work=]|date=May 11, 2016}}</ref> In March 2016 Lawless also took photos in ], a toxic abandoned town which the ] had mandated to be evacuated in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/photos-of-americas-most-toxic-city-are-an-ominous-warning/|title=Photos Of America's Most Toxic City Are An Ominous Warning|website= ]|date= March 5, 2016|accessdate= March 10, 2017|first=Alissa |last=Walker}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Jesse |last=Ferreras|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/03/picher-oklahoma-most-toxic-seph-lawless_n_9379500.html|title= Picher, Oklahoma Is America's 'Most Toxic City.' Seph Lawless' Photos Show Us Why.|work= ]|date= March 3, 2016|accessdate= March 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/10/01/a-look-inside-americas-most-toxic-city/21484170/|title=A look inside America's most toxic city|website= ]|date= October 1, 2016|accessdate= March 10, 2017|first=Sam|last=Koukoulas}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
⚫ * ''Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless'' (Artivist Publishing, 2014)
⚫ * ''Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall'' (Artivist Publishing, 2014)


In 2017, he photographed houses in the Beachwood neighborhood of ], Alberta, Canada that had been abandoned due to a floodplain relocation program after the ].<ref name=banned>{{cite news|last1=Ferreras|first1=Jesse|title=How an Alberta neighbourhood of $1M homes became the ‘creepiest in the world’|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3448924/beachwood-estates-seph-lawless/|accessdate=December 1, 2017|work=]|date=May 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Post-apocalypse photographer captures abandoned High River homes|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/seph-lawless-high-river-photograph-creepiest-neighbourhood-1.4121316|accessdate=December 1, 2017|publisher=]|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref> Lawless's ''Huffington Post'' article and photographs were criticized in local media by the High River mayor, who said, "When you do things like this and you enter homes, you stage it with teddy bears, you move lamp posts around and you do all of these things to try and sensationalize stuff, it hurts people."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nicodemus|first1=Kelci|title=Beachwood trespassing falls into loophole |url=http://www.highrivertimes.com/2017/05/31/beachwood-trespassing-falls-into-loophole|accessdate=December 19, 2017|work=High River Times|date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
⚫ ==References==
⚫ {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}


==External links== ===Themes===
As an ] photographer,<ref name="esandy" /> Lawless has recorded abandoned shopping malls and other developments, with the stated intention of informing people of the depth and failures of capitalism, consumption, globalization, and national economic policies.<ref name=stones>{{cite journal|last1=Stones|first1=Samantha|title=The value of heritage: urban exploration and the historic environment|journal=The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice|year=2016|volume=7|issue=4|pages=301–320|doi=10.1080/17567505.2016.1252490|quote=Similarly, North American explorers access and record vast abandoned shopping complexes to inform people of the depth and failures of capitalism and consumption. This work is exemplified by Seph Lawless’ photographic documentation of abandoned shopping malls. He explained in a newspaper article that he 'wanted Americans to see what was happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and smartphones ... I knew if I portrayed these images creatively enough, they would have a very deep impact on the viewer'.}}</ref><ref name=pacstan/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Killalea|first1=Debra|title=Donald Trump's America: Abandoned shopping mall photos tell a story|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/donald-trumps-america-abandoned-shopping-mall-photos-tell-a-story/news-story/379ea2b7780ffffbe805c2e4b7418825|accessdate=November 28, 2017|work=]|date=November 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2014 he stated that he wanted to show Americans "what was happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and smartphones."<ref name=stones/><ref name="shoraczek">{{cite web|last1=Horaczek|first1=Stan|title=Interview: Seph Lawless' 'Black Friday'|url=https://www.americanphotomag.com/interview-seph-lawless-black-friday|website=American Photo|accessdate=November 28, 2017|date=April 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cade|first1=DL|title=Black Friday: Haunting Documentary Photo Series Captures Abandoned Malls in the US|url=https://petapixel.com/2014/04/28/black-friday-haunting-documentary-photo-series-captures-abandoned-malls-us/|accessdate=December 1, 2017|work=PetaPixel|date=April 28, 2014}}</ref> A large proportion of the abandoned malls, buildings, and amusement parks he photographs are in the Rust Belt, which has been heavily effected the various business and economic changes in recent decades.<ref name="svalera020714"/><ref name=walsh/><ref name=pacstan>{{cite news|title=Can Post-Apocalyptic Art Be a Force for Social Change?|url=https://psmag.com/news/can-post-apocalyptic-art-be-a-force-for-social-change|accessdate=December 1, 2017|work=]|date=December 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Aaron|title=Ghostly images of a dead mall tell an American story|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/16/news/dead-mall-photos-seph-lawless/index.html|accessdate=November 28, 2017|work=]|date=November 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Malik|first1=Renaud|title=L'artiste Seph Lawless immortalise les centres commerciaux désaffectés|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/culture/arts-visuels/8625416-l-artiste-seph-lawless-immortalise-les-centres-commerciaux-desaffectes.html|accessdate=November 28, 2017|work=]|date=May 17, 2017|language=French}}</ref>
⚫ *{{Official website|http://www.sephlawless.com}}

== Publications ==
⚫ *''Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless.'' Self-published, 2014. {{ISBN|9780615875781}}.
⚫ *''Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall.'' Self-published, 2014. {{OCLC|889105593}}.
*''13: An American Horror Story.'' Self-published, 2014.
*''The Last Lap: North Wilkesboro Speedway Is Losing a Race Against Time.'' Self-published, 2015.
*''The Trolley Tragedy of 1957.'' Self-published, 2015.
*''The Variety Theater: The Night Motörhead Brought Down the House.'' Self-published, 2015.
*''Hauntingly Beautiful (13th Series).'' Self-published, 2015.
*''Pet Cemetery...In Loving Memory.'' USA: Self-published, 2015.
*''Bizarro: The World's Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks.'' Self-published, 2015.
*''The Prelude: The Deadliest City in America.'' Self-published, 2016.
*''Black Friday: Seasons in the Size of Days.'' Self-published, 2016.
*''Autopsy of America: Death of a Nation.'' UK: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2017. {{ISBN|9781908211491}}.
*''Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks.'' New York City: ], 2017. {{ISBN|9781510723351}}.

== Exhibitions ==

*''The Autopsy of America,'' foyer, ], Munich, Germany, 2014<ref>"", ]. Retrieved December 2, 2017</ref>

== See also ==
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⚫ == References ==
⚫ {{reflist}}

== External links ==
⚫ * {{Official website}}

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American photographer

Seph Lawless
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhotographer
Years active2005–present
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Seph Lawless is an American photographer who has documented urban decay and abandoned spaces in the United States.

Early life

Lawless grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He has stated that his father was a longtime worker at Ford Motor Company.

Photography

In 2012 and 2013, Lawless photographed abandoned industrial infrastructure and other aspects of industrial decline in the Rust Belt and elsewhere in the United States for his self-published 2014 book, Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless.

A second book, Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall, contains photos from 2013 and 2014 documenting abandoned and boarded-up shopping malls. He photographed abandoned malls in Michigan and Ohio, including the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio, built in 1975 and closed in 2008, and the Randall Park Mall in North Randall, Ohio, which was said to be the world's largest shopping center at the time of its opening in the 1970s, and which closed in 2009.

In March 2016, his photographs of Disney's River Country, an abandoned section of Disney World, were published in various media outlets, and he claimed to have been banned from entering Disney World after photographing and sharing his images to the press. In March 2016 Lawless also took photos in Picher, Oklahoma, a toxic abandoned town which the Environmental Protection Agency had mandated to be evacuated in 2006.

In 2017, he photographed houses in the Beachwood neighborhood of High River, Alberta, Canada that had been abandoned due to a floodplain relocation program after the 2013 Alberta floods. Lawless's Huffington Post article and photographs were criticized in local media by the High River mayor, who said, "When you do things like this and you enter homes, you stage it with teddy bears, you move lamp posts around and you do all of these things to try and sensationalize stuff, it hurts people."

Themes

As an urban explorer photographer, Lawless has recorded abandoned shopping malls and other developments, with the stated intention of informing people of the depth and failures of capitalism, consumption, globalization, and national economic policies. In 2014 he stated that he wanted to show Americans "what was happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and smartphones." A large proportion of the abandoned malls, buildings, and amusement parks he photographs are in the Rust Belt, which has been heavily effected the various business and economic changes in recent decades.

Publications

  • Autopsy of America: The Journal Entries of Seph Lawless. Self-published, 2014. ISBN 9780615875781.
  • Black Friday: The Collapse of the American Shopping Mall. Self-published, 2014. OCLC 889105593.
  • 13: An American Horror Story. Self-published, 2014.
  • The Last Lap: North Wilkesboro Speedway Is Losing a Race Against Time. Self-published, 2015.
  • The Trolley Tragedy of 1957. Self-published, 2015.
  • The Variety Theater: The Night Motörhead Brought Down the House. Self-published, 2015.
  • Hauntingly Beautiful (13th Series). Self-published, 2015.
  • Pet Cemetery...In Loving Memory. USA: Self-published, 2015.
  • Bizarro: The World's Most Hauntingly Beautiful Abandoned Theme Parks. Self-published, 2015.
  • The Prelude: The Deadliest City in America. Self-published, 2016.
  • Black Friday: Seasons in the Size of Days. Self-published, 2016.
  • Autopsy of America: Death of a Nation. UK: Carpet Bombing Culture, 2017. ISBN 9781908211491.
  • Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks. New York City: Skyhorse, 2017. ISBN 9781510723351.

Exhibitions

  • The Autopsy of America, foyer, Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany, 2014

See also

References

  1. "About". SephLawless.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Sandy, Eric (August 7, 2013). "The Art of the Autopsy: Photographer Seph Lawless Spends his Days Documenting Decaying Ruins". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  3. "Photographer captures 'Hauntingly Beautiful' abandoned homes". 6ABC. October 30, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Uberti, David (June 19, 2014). "The death of the American mall". The Guardian. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  5. Petkovic, John (October 7, 2017). "Cleveland photographer Seph Lawless chronicles left-for-dead America". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  6. Newton, Matthew (June 9, 2014). "Taking Pictures Of The Dead Shopping Malls Of Our Youth: Images From Suburban America". Thought Catalog. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  7. ^ Valera, Stephanie (June 9, 2014). "Ruins of the Rust Belt: Haunting Photos of Abandoned Buildings by Seph Lawless". The Weather Channel. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Van Susteren, Greta (May 2, 2014). "From bustling center of prosperity to ghost town". Fox News Channel. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  9. Teicher, Jordan G. (June 22, 2014). "A Haunting Look Inside Some of America's Abandoned Shopping Malls". Slate. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  10. Smith, Aaron (June 30, 2014). "Autopsy of America: Photos of dead shopping malls". CNNMoney. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  11. Valera, Stephanie (May 14, 2014). "Black Friday: Ghostly Images of Abandoned Malls by Seph Lawless". The Weather Channel. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  12. Peters, Adele (April 21, 2014). "Eerie Photos Of Abandoned Shopping Malls Show The Changing Face Of Suburbia". Fast Company. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  13. ^ Walsh, Michael (April 30, 2014). "Creepy photos of abandoned shopping malls highlight crumbling communities of the Rust Belt". Daily News. New York. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  14. "The dead water parks at the heart of Disney World Florida". BBC Newsbeat. March 22, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  15. Morona, Joey (May 11, 2016). "Seph Lawless: Q&A with photographer behind those viral images of abandoned places". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  16. Walker, Alissa (March 5, 2016). "Photos Of America's Most Toxic City Are An Ominous Warning". Gizmodo. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  17. Ferreras, Jesse (March 3, 2016). "Picher, Oklahoma Is America's 'Most Toxic City.' Seph Lawless' Photos Show Us Why". HuffPost. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  18. Koukoulas, Sam (October 1, 2016). "A look inside America's most toxic city". AOL. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  19. Ferreras, Jesse (May 16, 2017). "How an Alberta neighbourhood of $1M homes became the 'creepiest in the world'". Global News. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  20. "Post-apocalypse photographer captures abandoned High River homes". CBC News. May 18, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  21. Nicodemus, Kelci (June 1, 2017). "Beachwood trespassing falls into loophole". High River Times. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  22. ^ Stones, Samantha (2016). "The value of heritage: urban exploration and the historic environment". The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice. 7 (4): 301–320. doi:10.1080/17567505.2016.1252490. Similarly, North American explorers access and record vast abandoned shopping complexes to inform people of the depth and failures of capitalism and consumption. This work is exemplified by Seph Lawless' photographic documentation of abandoned shopping malls. He explained in a newspaper article that he 'wanted Americans to see what was happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and smartphones ... I knew if I portrayed these images creatively enough, they would have a very deep impact on the viewer'.
  23. ^ "Can Post-Apocalyptic Art Be a Force for Social Change?". Pacific Standard. December 16, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  24. Killalea, Debra (November 20, 2016). "Donald Trump's America: Abandoned shopping mall photos tell a story". News.com.au. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  25. Horaczek, Stan (April 29, 2014). "Interview: Seph Lawless' 'Black Friday'". American Photo. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  26. Cade, DL (April 28, 2014). "Black Friday: Haunting Documentary Photo Series Captures Abandoned Malls in the US". PetaPixel. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  27. Smith, Aaron (November 16, 2016). "Ghostly images of a dead mall tell an American story". CNNMoney. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  28. Malik, Renaud (May 17, 2017). "L'artiste Seph Lawless immortalise les centres commerciaux désaffectés". RTS (in French). Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  29. "The Autopsy of America: Photography by Seph Lawless", Amerika Haus. Retrieved December 2, 2017

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