RE: ADSactly Photography: Poetics of the Ruins
Great photographic work.
This is so true
The ruins are the most living thing in history, because only that which has survived its destruction, that which has remained in ruins, lives historically.
There are many places about which we have only oral narratives, in some cases written accounts; but of those places that disappeared leaving nothing behind, it is hard to think as historical. I lament the loss of any structure that meant something once.
The falling or burning of a building is a devastating even for me, as much as the loss of human lives, because these places hosted human lives once and stories were told and event happened and those events influenced others.
I feel overwhelmed whenever I visit an ancient place. The Araya fortress must have witnessed so many amazing stories.
Thanks for your opinion, @hlezama. I share it. When we consider, for example, the influence of the Mayan, Nahuatl and Quechua cultures for the later, we know that it is largely because they were monumental cultures, which left their testimony in the ruins of their constructions.
It is very regrettable when we see how governments and civil society allow their monumental heritage to be lost, even if it is not from remote times.
Greetings.