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Abandoned & Industrial Photography

by Björn Sahlberg

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2025

Ulanenkaserne i ny kostym.

26 april 2024

Kornfesten omarbetad: Ulanenkaserne

... nu ännu kornigare!

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13 april 2025

Ny teknikalitet: Zeiss Nettar 2455 PSPEC

10 april 2025

Ny taggning: the idn collection

30 mars 2025

Ny taggning: dad joke warning

Mars – april 2025

Ytterligare nygamla foton från Fredriksbergs pappersbruk.

12 mars 2025

Nygamla foton från Fredriksbergs pappersbruk.

Fredriksbergs pappersbruk våren 2006. Those were the days.

6 mars 2025

Lyckad upptining av Fredriksbergs pappersbruk

En riktig svensk klassiker vars album varit nedfruset under många år. Men nu är hungern för stor och först ut ur den digitala mikron är fotografierna från våren och sommaren 2006. Bilderna är fortfarande något frostiga i mitten och kommer att serveras vartefter värmen fördelats tillräckligt.

Pling!

Arenastaden innan Arenastaden.

Ny rubrik, nya bilder, ny info. Samma gamla plats.

22 februari 2025

Ny taggningar: end of the line och have a nice freight.

ASKA till vänster.

18 februari 2025

ASKA till vänster

Fick denna bild av Maria Wallin för en tid sedan men den har legat till sig i väntan på att finna sin rätta plats. För tillfället utgör den hjältebilden på About men tror att den kommer trivas bättre på en avdelning under arbete.

Tack, Maria :)

When it's spring time at Prora.

Januari 2025

Frühling bei Seebad Prora

Det är alltid vår och lagom varmt på Rügen. Det är i alla fall så jag minns det när albumet nu vårstädas.

Januari 2025

Nya samlingar

Plats, tidpunkt, val av verktyg och att se mönster i bildvalen. Allt spelar stor roll.

Samlingen av samlingar just nu:

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2024

Galleri Mellanrum presenterar Made in Italy.

October 22, 2024

Galleri Mellanrum presents: Made in Italy

More of an announcement than an update, but the world needs to know that my good friend Yann is exhibiting photos from no less than eight road trips in Italy. Needless to say the images from all types of abandonments are striking in that Yann kind of way. It will be a trip even for us who's been stuck here in the north.

See Yann's Flickr for a taste of what's to come.

November 2 – December 1, 2024.
Galleri Mellanrum, Mellanbergsvägen 100, Stockholm.

Tyfors jättehemliga krutfabrik i ny skrud.

October 2024

Reworked: Tyfors jättehemliga krutfabrik

The gun powder factory has been updated.

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Yes, there will be Enhance again.

September 4, 2024

There Will Be Fullscreen and Back Again

Took thinks a bit too far a bit too quickly. Rolling back some of the recent changes (but not without changes of course) and re-introduced the Enhance mode (as before not visible on mobile). Hopefully I'll manage to stick with this design for a while. Intead of clattering maybe posting new photos or something.

So far, so not fullscreened ... but with Enhance

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Lesjöfors bruk i ny skrud.

September 2024

Reworked: Lesjöfors bruk

The ol' wire factory has been updated.

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Rawkholm Roll!

September 2024

Reworked: Rawkholm Roll

The Rawkholm Roll front page got a much needed remake. The albums are still in their original turn-of-century state though, so no worries.

Meet your makers at ASKA.nu

August 13, 2024

New: The Crew

You thunk ASKA was a one-bear operation? Think again. After a nearly a quarter century it's about time to present the makers.

Good night Kodak Hill, and good luck.

August 8, 2024

New album: Kodak Hill

With five visits in one week Kodak Hill rests firmly on top of the “Most Visited Sites in Shortest Time Span” list. First posted on Flickr back in 2007 the first batch of photos have finally made their way here. It generated some very interesting feedback which I'm also adding to the album.

Stockholm, Sweden.

Schloss Raben Steinfeld in all its full screen with glory.

July 2024

There Will Be Fullscreen

The “Enhance” mode proved successful so now I'm redesigning albums for a fullscreen experience without the extra click. Any regular will know that the transmogrification won't happen overnight.

Update: After some friendly feedback I tweaked the maximum image width to 1600 px.

So far, so fullscreened ...

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Schlossjagd. Former DDR, Germany.

February, 2024

Willkommen (zurück) in den Schlössern

As per standard winter season means hacking season and this time it's the dusty palaces and dilapidated manor houses of former East Germany which are getting an overhaul.

So, in various states of readiness are ...

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2023

Gave the ol' airfield a much needed overhaul and added new photos.

Enhance

March 6, 2023

“Enhance”

I often find it hard to immerse in photos online the way one can at a gallery or when enjoying a photo book. Too many distractions online, I suppose? As an attempt to mend this on ASKA I'm now adding enhanced versions of each album as they're updated. Full screen width, no captions, no borders. Just the photos, in full. (The link to Enhance under each album is hidden on smaller screens.)

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February 25, 2023

Ångsågen Revisited

Fresh photos from the ever alluring Ångsåg.

Hacking in progress

Winter 2023

Cold Days of Coding

Greasing up clunky markup, tuning photos and smoothing out styles. Eventually there might be new albums as well ...

2022

A visit to the last cabin on the left by the Karlit Board Factory.

Autumn 2022

Location, location, location ... and tags

Started adding tags and locations because fun and because wanting to create a non-linear way of exploring the site. And since I don't spend enough time cluttering code as it is.

A Masters Thesis on the Karlholm Strand development

The author of a thesis on the development of Karlholm Strand used some of my photos (with permission) for skethes of the old board factory in a very creative way.

2021

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2020

Kurhotel Rögener. Braunlage, Niedersachsen, Germany.

October 25, 2020

Kurhotel Rögener

A trip to the 70s at the heart of the Harz with “more fungi than people” even before it was struck by fire, water damaged and abandoned.

Braunlage, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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Autumn 2020

Tunes & Tweaks

As days get shorter screen time gets longer and the hacking faster (well ... ) which can only mean one thing – The Great Autumnal Code Cacophony has taken place. Read: reworked the index page, tweaked responsiveness and made the image subtitles visible without having to click on each image.

Lesjöfors Bruk. Värmland, Sweden.

July 29, 2020

Lesjöfors bruk

The wire assembly, abandoned halls and sordid surroundings at the defunct metal works. Corrugated exteriors and spring flowers ahead!

Värmland, Sweden.

Datja at Soviet Military Base FZ Music barrack at Soviet Military Base FZ
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An autumn walk among the barracks.

70s club at Soviet Military Base V Disco feeling!
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A revisit to this classic revealed a barrack filled with funky 70s club deco.

Karlit boiler house remains Karlit boiler house remains
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A spring walk with comrade Pavel to see what was left of the last building standing (or leaning, rather) at the Karlit site.

ASKA.nu – The First Two Decades

Welcome to the virtual version of the ASKA.nu anniversary exhibition! And yes, there is a photo wall.

December 2019 – January 2020.
Galleri Mellanrum, Stockholm.