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Iván Melicoff Abril

Dec 24, 2021

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From my family series “Erosion”

The Alameda Hotel

Sparkling memories of this run-down hotel bring it to life in my head.

The facade of the old Alameda Hotel in Cananea, Sonora. Mexico A once white bright color now yellowed by the sun and weather decay.
Photograph by Iván Melicoff Abril ©

This is the Alameda Hotel in the small mining town of Cananea, Sonora in northern Mexico. This used to be the place to stay back in the day. My mother recalls it always being nicely kept and painted in a mint green color. It had the…

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I write about and photograph life, nostalgia, love, melancholy and time. Find EROSION, my latest photo series, here https://ivanmelicoff.com/erosionstories

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