Bio

After a chance encounter with a jet engine testing establishment, Matt Emmett was drawn into the world of abandoned location photography, he became hooked on the fascinating back stories and atmospheric sense of place and history at the locations he visited. Capturing and bringing these stories into peoples homes via his social channels has evolved into a eleven year long project titled, 'Forgotten Heritage'. From the crumbling shells of Italy’s abandoned villas and asylums to the raw spectacle of Belgium’s rusting industrial remnants. Immense and powerful beauty is revealed in the images he brings back from places long forgotten by humans. The images, although produced primarily as art also form an important collection with regards to visual preservation of our built environment and heritage, many of the places Matt has captured have since been demolished.