Reclamation

By the end of 1914, a whopping five million carats worth of diamonds had been extracted from Kolmanskop just outside Lüderitz in Namibia. After World War I, when the diamond fields were all but depleted, the town began to dwindle and was finally abandoned in 1954...

I came across these amazing shots by Spanish photographer, Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes, depicting the half-buried ghost town that appears to be drifting slowly into the Namib dunes. Nature, once again laying claim and being the ultimate victor...

All photos by Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes