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Emptiness echoes through time, capturing the essence of solitude and nostalgia

Background imageEmpty Collection: Willard Hotel ballroom, between 1901 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Willard Hotel ballroom, between 1901 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Willard Hotel ballroom, between 1901 and 1910

Background imageEmpty Collection: Das leere Café (The Empty Café), 1918. Creator: Walter Gramatté

Das leere Café (The Empty Café), 1918. Creator: Walter Gramatté
Das leere Cafe (The Empty Cafe), 1918

Background imageEmpty Collection: Das leere Café (The Empty Café), 1917. Creator: Walter Gramatté

Das leere Café (The Empty Café), 1917. Creator: Walter Gramatté
Das leere Cafe (The Empty Cafe), 1917

Background imageEmpty Collection: 'Stratford Hall, ' 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, c1932

"Stratford Hall, " 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, c1932. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Norvins in Montmartre, c1899. Creator: Charles Jean Coussediere

Rue Norvins in Montmartre, c1899. Creator: Charles Jean Coussediere
Rue Norvins in Montmartre, c1899

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue des Saules in Montmartre, c1895. Creator: Charles Jean Coussediere

Rue des Saules in Montmartre, c1895. Creator: Charles Jean Coussediere
Rue des Saules in Montmartre, c1895

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Guénégaud, 1912, 1912. Creator: Albert Edouard Chazalviel

Rue Guénégaud, 1912, 1912. Creator: Albert Edouard Chazalviel
Rue Guenegaud, 1912, 1912

Background imageEmpty Collection: Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, Charles City County, Virginia, between c1930 and 1939

Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, Charles City County, Virginia, between c1930 and 1939. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, Charles City County, Virginia, between c1930 and 1939

Background imageEmpty Collection: Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rogers House, Craddockville, Accomac County, between c1930 and 1939

Rogers House, Craddockville, Accomac County, between c1930 and 1939. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Rogers House, Craddockville, Accomac County, between c1930 and 1939

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rolfe House, Surry vicinity, Surry County, Virginia, 1933. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Rolfe House, Surry vicinity, Surry County, Virginia, 1933. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Rolfe House, Surry vicinity, Surry County, Virginia, 1933

Background imageEmpty Collection: The Rocks, home of Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Gaillard - Entrance Hall, between 1926 and 1950

The Rocks, home of Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Gaillard - Entrance Hall, between 1926 and 1950. Photograph shows the entrance hall with staircase and grandfather clock at "The Rocks", the home of Mr

Background imageEmpty Collection: Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wilton-on-the-Piankatank, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1935

Background imageEmpty Collection: [David] Wade House, Huntsville vic. Madison County, Alabama, 1939

[David] Wade House, Huntsville vic. Madison County, Alabama, 1939. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wade House, Huntsville vic. Madison County, Alabama, 1939. [Abandoned plantation home on Bob Wade Lane, dating to the early 19th century]

Background imageEmpty Collection: The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles... 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W... c1910-1911

The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles... 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W... c1910-1911
The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C.- interior view of richly decorated and furnished residence, c1910-1911

Background imageEmpty Collection: The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles... 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W... c1910-1911

The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles... 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W... c1910-1911
The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C.- interior view of richly decorated and furnished ballroom, c1910-1911

Background imageEmpty Collection: Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash. D.C.: Ballroom, c1910-1911. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash. D.C.: Ballroom, c1910-1911. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash. D.C.: Ballroom, c1910-1911. The Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.; purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950

Background imageEmpty Collection: Nothing too see

Nothing too see
Franke de Jong

Background imageEmpty Collection: Beach landscape, Fécamp. Creator: Louise Abbema

Beach landscape, Fécamp. Creator: Louise Abbema
Beach landscape, Fecamp

Background imageEmpty Collection: The Empty Cradle, 1878. Creator: Thomas Moran

The Empty Cradle, 1878. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Empty Cradle, 1878

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Hautefeuille, 1886. Creator: Unknown

Rue Hautefeuille, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Rue Hautefeuille, 1886

Background imageEmpty Collection: Sacre-Coeur under construction, seen from rue de L'Aubreuvoir Montmartre, around 1895

Sacre-Coeur under construction, seen from rue de L'Aubreuvoir Montmartre, around 1895. Creator: Edouard Zawiski
Sacre-Coeur under construction, seen from rue de L'Aubreuvoir Montmartre, around 1895

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Cortot in Montmartre, seen from rue des Saules, 1898. Creator: Edouard Zawiski

Rue Cortot in Montmartre, seen from rue des Saules, 1898. Creator: Edouard Zawiski
Rue Cortot in Montmartre, seen from rue des Saules, 1898

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue du Pot-au-Lait in 1894, 1894. Creator: Eugene de Menorval

Rue du Pot-au-Lait in 1894, 1894. Creator: Eugene de Menorval
Rue du Pot-au-Lait in 1894, 1894

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Rataud, at the corner of rue Lhomond, c1900. Creator: Paul Martelliere

Rue Rataud, at the corner of rue Lhomond, c1900. Creator: Paul Martelliere
Rue Rataud, at the corner of rue Lhomond, c1900

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Lhomond, opposite Rue Vauquelin, c1900. Creator: Paul Martelliere

Rue Lhomond, opposite Rue Vauquelin, c1900. Creator: Paul Martelliere
Rue Lhomond, opposite Rue Vauquelin, c1900

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue de Montmartre under snow, c1900. Creator: Pierre-Jacques Pelletier

Rue de Montmartre under snow, c1900. Creator: Pierre-Jacques Pelletier
Rue de Montmartre under snow, c1900

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, 1902. Creator: Fernand Maillaud

Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, 1902. Creator: Fernand Maillaud
Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, 1902

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900. Creator: Auguste Lepere

Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900. Creator: Auguste Lepere
Rue Lepic and Maquis, Montmartre, c1900

Background imageEmpty Collection: Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, c1925. Creator: Germain David-Nillet

Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, c1925. Creator: Germain David-Nillet
Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre, c1925

Background imageEmpty Collection: Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937

Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi Delta

Background imageEmpty Collection: Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house, Hall County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cultivated fields and abandoned tenant house. Hall County, Texas

Background imageEmpty Collection: US No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

US No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. No. 54, north of El Paso, Texas. One of the westward routes of the migrants

Background imageEmpty Collection: Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Desert mountains surround Escalante, Utah

Background imageEmpty Collection: The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The movie theatre of Escalante, Utah

Background imageEmpty Collection: The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The cotton lands of Ellis County, Texas, are well adapted to tractor farming but the houses of the farmer tenants stand empty

Background imageEmpty Collection: Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Dog run cabins of the Mississippi Delta. This plantation has been mechanized and these cabins abandoned

Background imageEmpty Collection: Two Marys Discover the Empty Tomb in a Historiated Initial 'M', 1475/99. Creator: Unknown

Two Marys Discover the Empty Tomb in a Historiated Initial "M", 1475/99. Creator: Unknown
Two Marys Discover the Empty Tomb in a Historiated Initial "M", 1475/99

Background imageEmpty Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageEmpty Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageEmpty Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageEmpty Collection: Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Architectural survivals, Clayton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Clayton, California. Architectural survivals

Background imageEmpty Collection: Migrants carry this sect to California, Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrants carry this sect to California, Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Northern Arkansas on U.S. 62. Migrants carry this sect to California. [Sign: Assembly of God']

Background imageEmpty Collection: Young Girl Holding a Basket, 1891. Creator: Berthe Morisot

Young Girl Holding a Basket, 1891. Creator: Berthe Morisot
Young Girl Holding a Basket, 1891

Background imageEmpty Collection: Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Antebellum plantation house in Greene County, Georgia. [Decaying building dating from before the American Civil War (1861-1865)]

Background imageEmpty Collection: Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pharr Plantation house near Social Circle, Georgia

Background imageEmpty Collection: Remains of dry kiln shed, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Remains of dry kiln shed, Fullerton, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Remains of dry kiln shed. Fullerton, Louisiana. Abandoned lumber town

Background imageEmpty Collection: Cape Riley, at the Entrance of Wellington Channel, Barrow's Straits, and Remains of Encampment

Cape Riley, at the Entrance of Wellington Channel, Barrow's Straits, and Remains of Encampment
Cape Riley, at the Entrance of Wellington Channel, Barrow's Straits. [Canada], and Remains of Encampment, 1850. Search for Sir John Franklin's expedition, ...the Cape



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Emptiness echoes through time, capturing the essence of solitude and nostalgia. From John Mills in Ice Cold In Alex (1958) to Stamford Bridge View, each frame tells a story of absence and longing. A Dickensian tale unfolds with an empty chair as its protagonist, inviting us to ponder the untold narratives it holds. Dark stairs at night in Montmartre, Paris whisper secrets only known by the moonlight. A canoe glides silently on Lake Louise at sunrise, reflecting the serenity of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The sports arena interior in Hershey, Pennsylvania stands silent and still, awaiting the roar of cheering crowds once more. Epcot Center in Orlando beckons visitors with its vast emptiness that promises endless possibilities. Old lobster pots lie abandoned at Catterline in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; remnants of a once-thriving fishing industry now lost to time's embrace. An empty tennis court at Choi Hung Estate speaks volumes about Hong Kong's oldest public housing estates' history and resilience. Bougainvillea blooms defiantly against whitewashed walls on a narrow street; their vibrant colors contrasting against an otherwise empty canvas. Union Street in Aberdeen transports us back to the 1960s when bustling streets were filled with life and laughter. In these snapshots from around the world - from Europe to North America and beyond - we are reminded that emptiness can be both hauntingly beautiful and evocative. It invites contemplation while leaving room for imagination to fill its void.