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I Took Photos Of Nature Taking Back Abandoned Places All Over The World (30 Pics)
I discovered urban exploration at the end of years 2000 through rooftops, subways, and the city's unofficial catacombs. At that time, I found another subject for interesting photos: documenting the unseen side of the city. Climbing roofs to see the city from the top, going at night in subway tunnels or spend whole days underground in the catacombs exploring the tens of kilometers of galleries looking for beautifully carved rooms: I found a thrill in that activity, the adrenaline that I have been looking for in everything I do in my life.
Roaming in abandoned places looking for graffiti, I came to realize the intensity of the atmospheres and the beauty of the spectacle of time passaging: rust, decaying and peeling painted wall, broken windows, natural forces taking back to create unbelievable sceneries that were stunningly photogenic. For me, all that urban decay appeared as infinite poetry.
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Today, five years after, I have visited more than seven hundred of these beautiful places in more than thirty countries on four continents.
With time, my interest has concentrated on what appeared to me to be the strongest, the most original element in this vast subject of abandonment: mother nature taking back its habitat. It is poetic, even magic, to see nature retaking what used to be hers, reintegrating through broken windows, cracks on the walls, spaces built by Man and then neglected, until sometimes guzzling them entirely.
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sharron lynn parsons 7 years ago
This is very interesting for sure, what seems to be statues in the back were left behind, not nice.
Jonk 7 years ago
Someone is taking of this place.. It will certainly get renovated one day. There is no more trees inside today
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sharron lynn parsons 4 years ago
My second view, I still feel the great interest, however, continue to feel bad, the beautiful statues are left, too bad nobody, could have found them a home, I would put them in my home, or yard, there is a church, in my home town, they changed the alter, the statues are gone, a sad bare alter !!!
Glynna Bowood 4 years ago
Sad photo of a nice chapel- Jesus with Joseph and Mary flanking him.
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Agnes Jekyll 7 years ago
Woah. This looks like a relatively recently built house (restaurant? hotel?)
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Terror from Beyond Space 7 years ago
Mr. Wilson, it looks like your problem is a clogged carburetor.
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Agnes Jekyll 7 years ago
nature knocking at the door and trying to get in. Looks like a great place to shoot a film
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Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
Heh. My first thought when I saw this picture was "Hmm, this looks like a Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) class 301"... And sure enough, it actually says on her "301,006" and Google pretty much confirmed my hunch that this picture was taken in Istvántelek railway repair shop, Budapest...
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Bryan Richhart 7 years ago
Amazing, the 2 floors above that piece of machinery fell and it is still there like nothing happened!
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Debbie Barnes 4 years ago
Whenever I see buildings like this, I just look at the potential of turning them into homes. The building looks structurally sound, so it's a shame it's just been abandoned.
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Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
Waaait a second... that's the Pripyat amusement park... I like it that's the only picture from Chernobyl in this set instead of more recognisable ones, like the Ferris wheel or the pool.
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Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
Mig 15, and judging by the writing on the side I'm going to guess... Bulgarian?
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JustABobcat 7 years ago
This looks like someone's bedroom. Took me a moment to figure out what it was.
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Margie S. 7 years ago
Great pictures, I am curious to know where these are. What place and what country.
Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
Margie, check my facebook or flickr.. I sometimes give information
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Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
Check my facebook page, sometimes I put captions, with countries..
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Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
each one has a very specific history.. which I don't always know by the way
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Shruti Naik 7 years ago
rusty and old sure! but nature taking it back makes these places look so beautiful!
Ashley Say Wha?!? 7 years ago
What an incredible collection! Thanks for sharing it with us! I loved it!!!
Winter's Dream 7 years ago
These are all hauntingly beautiful. I loved every one of them. Can we look forward to a coffee table book soon?
Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
Actually yes ;-) Check my facebook page or instagram ;-)
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Carol Bogdanowitz 4 years ago
Wow. Nature will always find a way. I wish knew where these were all taken.
lindsayaotter 7 years ago
Intoxicating pictures. I love pictures of nature taking over and these are well just great!
Michelle Thompson 7 years ago
Absolutely loved all of them! I do photos of old houses and barns!
Margie S. 7 years ago
Great pictures, I am curious to know where these are. What place and what country.
Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
Margie, check my facebook or flickr.. I sometimes give information
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Check my facebook page, sometimes I put captions, with countries..
Load More Replies... Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
each one has a very specific history.. which I don't always know by the way
Load More Replies... Shruti Naik 7 years ago
rusty and old sure! but nature taking it back makes these places look so beautiful!
Ashley Say Wha?!? 7 years ago
What an incredible collection! Thanks for sharing it with us! I loved it!!!
Winter's Dream 7 years ago
These are all hauntingly beautiful. I loved every one of them. Can we look forward to a coffee table book soon?
Jonk (Post author) 7 years ago
Actually yes ;-) Check my facebook page or instagram ;-)
Load More Replies... Carol Bogdanowitz 4 years ago
Wow. Nature will always find a way. I wish knew where these were all taken.
lindsayaotter 7 years ago
Intoxicating pictures. I love pictures of nature taking over and these are well just great!
Michelle Thompson 7 years ago
Absolutely loved all of them! I do photos of old houses and barns!
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