There are certain places in this world that haunt me since I read about them during my infancy. One of this places is Kolmanskop. The town became a ghost town in the mid fifties of the last century. Prior to that it was the epicenter of the diamond boom of the German colony “Südwest Afrika”.
Since Kolmanskop has been abandoned the surrounding desert is claiming the area back. The buildings are progressively falling apart and there is nothing attractive about the site. My first impression was all but uplifting. Only once I started entering the buildings and wandered through the rooms I experienced the remote beauty of this place.
The blend of the first and soft light of the day entering through the windows, the differently painted colors of the rooms, the visible decay and the raw nature invading the houses with sand and forming dunes was a complete new and unique experience.
Diamonds are not to be found there anymore, but the images to be created there are real true gems.
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