How nature is to swallow the abandoned quarry of Alvito

Urban developments have not been favourable to Alvito, Lisbon, an ancient quarry and, later, industrial zone which is today used as a loading zone of rubble and garbage. The Algarve photographer John Gago, of 27 years, wandered by this space in ruins to find "a temporal experiment in which we can observe the passage of time" â€" and how this modifies the space.

"For more harm than the man do to nature, she can always win," explained the photographer to Green Savers. "Here we can see how the flora of this space is starting to swallow the human wreckage in a kind of biological recycling".

A degree in photography and Visual culture from the Instituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing (IADE) in Lisbon, John the Stutterer has collaborated with newspapers and Public Destak and discovered the passion for photography among the Media Sciences studies.

As lovers of abandoned infrastructure, as has repeatedly announced, we cannot fail to commend the photographic session of John the Stutterer. Is the rediscovery of urban horrors that are halfway to the recovery of assets and better urban planning â€" and the area of Alvito deserves a new strategy.

Photos: John The Stutterer

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