After a night in a hotel, guests gather up their belongings and depart.
After a night in a hotel, guests gather up their belongings and depart.
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Photographer Giulia Dini's series "Left Behind" explores the traces that remain.
Photographer Giulia Dini's series "Left Behind" explores the traces that remain.
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"I'm a nostalgic person so I'm drawn to subjects that have a relationship with the concept of memory and being," she explains.
"I'm a nostalgic person so I'm drawn to subjects that have a relationship with the concept of memory and being," she explains.
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Calling in favors from contacts, Dini convinced some of <a href="https://thespaces.com/tag/milan" target="_blank" target="_blank">Milan's</a> best hotels to give her access to rooms in the crack of time just after their inhabitants had left, before cleaners arrived to return the spaces to blank anonymity.
Calling in favors from contacts, Dini convinced some of Milan's best hotels to give her access to rooms in the crack of time just after their inhabitants had left, before cleaners arrived to return the spaces to blank anonymity.
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Each image is framed with the bed as the central feature.
Each image is framed with the bed as the central feature.
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At first it is hard to see much difference, but then details emerge -- imprints on a bed showing which side a guest slept on; a bedside lamp left on; pillows rumpled, tossed to the floor or neatly stacked.
At first it is hard to see much difference, but then details emerge -- imprints on a bed showing which side a guest slept on; a bedside lamp left on; pillows rumpled, tossed to the floor or neatly stacked.
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Some guests clearly made a swift departure, others made time for a languid breakfast in bed.
Some guests clearly made a swift departure, others made time for a languid breakfast in bed.
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