Fade to black: inside the US’s abandoned movie theatres

The expansive euphony halls and theatres of nan 1920s gave measurement to nan era of nan moving image, prompting nan acquisition, conversion of lavish cinemas crossed nan US – galore of which became enduring taste landmarks. From nan emergence of tv successful nan 1950s to today’s streaming platforms and smartphone screens, media depletion has go individualised. As a result, galore of these once-grand movie theatres person been abandoned, repurposed aliases near suspended arsenic hybrid ruins. Photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre person documented these early 20th-century relics and nan haunting beauty of their decline

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