THE DOCTOR WON'T SEE YOU NOW

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home. This multi-functional house, believed to have belonged to a doctor and his family, has slowly been concealed by dust, having been left to decay for over a decade. This abandoned house was photographed by French photographer Matti Decaux, who searched high and low to find the property in Virton, Belgium.

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