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My ghost town road trip

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Abbey Williams |

TED@State Street London

• November 2014

Explorer and artist Abbey Williams has focused her lens on an eclectic collection of ghost towns that litter the American landscape. With a portfolio of haunting images, Williams contemplates the transitory nature of the places we inhabit, ultimately asking: what do these abandoned cityscapes reveal to us about our modern cities and towns?

Explorer and artist Abbey Williams has focused her lens on an eclectic collection of ghost towns that litter the American landscape. With a portfolio of haunting images, Williams contemplates the transitory nature of the places we inhabit, ultimately asking: what do these abandoned cityscapes reveal to us about our modern cities and towns?

About the speaker

Abbey Williams

Ghost town sojourner

No one knows a good ghost town than Abbey Williams. As those once bustling towns continue to litter the American landscape with its skeletal-like structures, Williams can’t help but wonder what’s to become of our habitats. After interning at State Street Global Advisors for two summers, Williams returned to provide administrative support to the Institutional Client Group’s Mid-Atlantic Relationship Management team.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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