Captured in August 2021, this image marks the beginning of Imba’s “Varosha Abandoned” architectural series.

Also included with the winning bid:

• A completely unique, high-res fine art print @ 36x24".

• A USB stick containing behind the scenes footage of the minted photograph actually being taken - documentation that further demonstrates the image’s creation and enforces true ownership.

Somewhere in N. Cyprus lies an unoccupied piece of land that has been frozen in time for almost 50 years. What used to be a cosmopolitan tourist area has been uninhabited, and left to decay. Buildings have been looted, and nature is slowly beginning to take back over.

As Turkey reopens this district, it will not be long before it is commercialised back into a tourist resort. The remnants of its past will fade, and this NFT documents it during a time whilst UN peacekeeping forces still remain, and before its eventual modernisation transforms itself away from the shadows of its dark, wartorn past.