Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of escaping your hometown, and I decided to see what happened when I escaped inside the depths of a suburb instead. I found the following eerie and fascinating places, where the symmetry is almost too perfect, the streets are still and silent, and the wide open spaces can make a person feel totally insignificant. Thanks to Zachary Trevitt for assisting and modeling.
Beth Dunne is a 17-year-old girl living in London. She fills her time with photography, art, and Tumblr, and is the creator and editor of the soon-to-be-published online zine Cherry.
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Whoa the ENTIRE photo set is just solo cool. I especially love the idea of symmetry plus the wicked contrast of colors pic 6! Thank you, Beth
Oh my god! the symmetry in these pictures is so perfect. I think the description is quite fitting. It reminds me of Arcade Fire’s album The Suburbs.
Wow it looks like a Wes Anderson movie!
Which city is this?
Hey this is Beth Dunne here, this place is like a weird miniature town in Worcester Park in South West London!!!
A question to Rookie moderators:
I want to post a comment under ‘What is mine,is mine’ , but I can’t!It was written in 2012,is it because of that and why?It shouldn’t matter if the topic is old.
WOO BETH CONGRATS THESE PICS ARE THE BEST <3 <3 <3 <3 8/9 are perfect ahh
hang on – I got to the end and it said London – where are these photos taken? Cant believe it! They look so american
#5 tho
Beautiful photos. Love the use of symmetry <3
#6 is awesome. Makes me want to just go and put Lorde on.
So good to see the London ‘burbs getting some love.
Btw your zine looks cool :)
YES I was inspired by Lorde’s music so much for these photos!!! Thank you (:
#4 makes my heart happy
AHHHH BETHY BABY THESE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
AHHHHH THANK YOU ELLE !!!!!!!!!! all these nice comments are making me so happy <3
omg, it’s official: cats like boys with heart-shaped glasses <3
These shots are so beautiful ah they remind me of arcade fire and elvis depressedly mixed together… beautiful photos (and the guy is pretty beautiful too shhh)