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| Victoria Lautman |
They're old, they're hauntingly beautiful and architecturally impressive, they're falling apart, and they're being photographed for posterity by a Chicago journalist. India's so-called stepwells were built starting in the 2nd century to access the water table. Thousands of them ~ and some are 10 stories deep. As the water table has receded, most of the wells have dried up, and these extraordinary structures, no longer needed, have been left to decay or serve as dumping grounds. Fortunately, we have Victoria Lautman, who has so far, on her own, located 120 of these distinctive constructions (story, lots of awesome pix): http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/08/stepwell-architecture/?src=footer
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