Between Nowhere & Never: Photographs of Forgotten Places

The unknown and the unseen have always held an undeniable appeal to the human nature. In a world that is ever growing and changing, there are places that inevitably slip out of memory and out of sight.Reginald Van de Velde's Between Nowhere & Never shows the past splendour of derelict hospitals, mothballed monasteries, defunct power stations, crumbling castles and many other dormant structures. As a devoted traveller, he journeys into forsaken places all over the world, trying to capture the momentum of a fragile abandonment - the result of an intangible desire to explore what mankind has left behind.The chapters written by Mirna Pavlovic weave the photographs together into a larger narrative, providing an insight into the photographer's thoughts and motivations, and breathe in new life to places desperately searching for it. With the reverb of time as a vantage point, this book will take you on a journey to places that exist between nowhere and never.

Reginald Van de Velde likes to explore the unknown. He travels around the world in search of abandoned places to photograph. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions, among others at the Backlight Photo Festival (Finland) and the New York Photo Festival (USA) and in Somerset House (United Kingdom). He has already received several awards, including the Award for Photography at the Triennale de Barbaix (2008). He also received an award at the Cannes Lions International Festival (2011) and was a finalist in the World Photography Awards (2011). His photos have been published in several international quality magazines. The photo editorial team of National Geographic Magazine has already selected several of his photos as personal favorites in the past.