Abandoned Kennicott Copper Mining Town, Alaska

The old mining town of Kennicott in the US state of Alaska is located on the south slopes of Wrangell mountain close to the Kennicott Glacier, about five miles up from the small town of McCarthy. While McCarthy has a year-round population of about two dozen people, Kennicott is totally deserted.

Animal Metal Sculptures

Tokyo-based sculptor Taiichiro Yoshida makes sculptures from the ancestral technique of hot metal. Often, he represents animals such as birds, rabbits and monkeys. What composes his animals, and makes his work poetical, is that the metal is turned into little flowers to shape the animal. From copper and silver, he carves the feather of each bird, creating a link between his materials and nature.

Copper Canyon, Mexico