"Ghosts of Shopping Past," a gallery by the Chicago-based photographer Brian Ulrich shows the demise of the "brick and mortar" era. This powerful gallery shows the haunting remains of what used to be busy retail stores, now left to decay through the ages. The photographs hold an almost human existence, making you feel pity on the neglected structures. The gallery is also extremely relevant to how society is rapidly changing, and how the retail market is evolving into a web based market. Personally this gallery showing hits home. I cant stand the fact that we are becoming a nation that is constantly sheltering itself from social setting. We can shop for food, clothes, electronics, furniture, and everything else online. Cell phones and headphones have disconnected us from our surroundings and life experiences. All of these "advancements" are negatively impacting our future and current generations, and will have nothing but dire consequences in the future. These poetic, hallow, and haunting photos create beautiful reminders of the direction our nation is going, and of the past we are leaving behind.
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