The Abandoned "Wonderland" of Photographer Catherine Hyland

With our recent coverage of a deserted German themepark, preceded by a profile on Detroit's dilapidated train stations, you might think we suffer from some type of strange abandonment issues.

Truth be told, there just seems to be a surge in talented artists infiltrating and documenting otherwise discarded environments. Not necessarily a "new" concept per se, though when we come across work we find visually arresting, we naturally just have to share.

Which brings us to photographer Catherine Hyland's Wonderland--an utterly haunting, full-color take on an Asian themepark, abandoned before it ever even opened. 

As Hyland describes the work:

Trapped in limbo, a hybrid space between the ‘real’ and the artificial, this environment induces a sense of transformation or manipulation that appears to permeate and displace the realm of fantasy. Tamed by the locals, the uncompleted remnants of Wonderland become the antithesis of everything it was supposed to be, its value altered permanently.

For whatever reason, Wonderland's work makes us feel especially melancholy (which, as you can glean from Hyland's description is likely Mission Accomplished).

See for yourself here:

All Images: Courtesy catherinehyland.co.uk