Kai Caemmerer’s photos capture the eerie sensation of standing on a silent street surrounded by empty skyscrapers and public…

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Kai Caemmerer’s photos capture the eerie sensation of standing on a silent street surrounded by empty skyscrapers and public spaces devoid of life. 

For his ongoing series Unborn Cities, Caemmerer visited Kangbashi and two other Chinese cities. Kangbashi is one of hundreds of sparkling new cities sitting relatively empty throughout China, built by a government eager to urbanize the country but shunned by people unable to afford it or hesitant to leave the rural communities they know. The buildings rise as strange concrete specters, displaced in time and lacking any sense of history.

 Check out more photos and read about Caemmerer’s project.