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The photos have been taken in the past 5 years of exploring and photographing abandoned buildings in France. The buildings you see in the photos have a wide range regarding their purpose. They’ve been, for example, homes, churches, hospitals, castles and transportation.
Some places were obviously harder to visit than the others. Most of these buildings were found in the parks, everything was open and no-one was looking after it anymore. Some of the buildings, however, required me to carefully plan where and when to park my car, walk across a park, climb into an open window or crawl through a hole. It’s not always easy but I would use an entrance that’s already there. When a building is closed, it’s closed and I move on to the next one. That’s part of the game.
France has a lovely architecture and history which fascinates me. That’s one of the reasons why I love shooting abandoned buildings in this country. Funny thing is that there is a noticeable difference between the Northern part of the country and the Southern part.
Personally, I enjoy exploring the Southern part more. Roads seem to be wider, there seem to be fewer people and there is definitely more sun. Buildings are just as beautiful as in the North though. The North is more accessible for me. Interestingly enough some of the buildings in the photos have either been destroyed or are in renovation. For example, the beautiful chapel with plants on the floor is undergoing renovation works. The cloister has been damaged heavily recently and is undergoing repairs. The church with debris on the floor has unfortunately collapsed.
I currently use a Sony A7Rii with a 16-32mm wide-angle Zeiss lens, and a 24-70mm zoom Zeiss lens. In the past I’ve been shooting with a Canon EOS 650d and a 10-18mm Canon wide-angle lens. When shooting abandoned buildings, I mostly use my wide-angle to try and capture as much of the room as possible.
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#1
Abandoned Chapel With Plants On The Floor
Final score:
70points
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#2
Abandoned Piano
Final score:
58points
Charlotte Brine 8 years ago
An absoloutely stunning shot, the alignment is visually perfect and beautiful!
#3
Abandoned Greenhouse
Final score:
56points
Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
An abandoned greenhouse?! So beautiful ! Who would be so heartless to demolish it one day?
#4
Abandoned Staircase (Eye)
Final score:
51points
Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
So beautiful ! Wonder what kind of people used the stairs. What happened to them that they had to abandon such creation.
Charlotte Brine 8 years ago
This is so immersive, i feel myself being pulled into the center of the eye hypnotically!
#5
Abandoned Car (Simca)
Final score:
41points
Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
Reminds me of my Mercedes 190B, which was beyond repair ! Eventually, sold it for pittance. Bought a HDD with the money!
#6
Abandoned Room With Fireplace
Final score:
39points
#7
Abandoned Living Room
Final score:
35points
Patrick Davies 8 years ago
There's a story hiding there. How does so much furniture, a canon and what looks like a British naval ensign end up together....
Mari Fletcher 8 years ago
Currently that's used as the British merchant navy ensign...
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#9
Abandoned Greenhouse
Final score:
30points
#10
Abandoned Control Room
Final score:
29points
#12
Abandoned Church
Final score:
26points
Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
Such beautiful, glowing light, as if there still is Divine presence.
#13
Abandoned Room With Chairs
Final score:
26points
Ajka Malinovská 8 years ago
Anytime I see similar pictures I imagine the story behind the picture... Who was the owner of this building? Who was sitting in this chair/sofa? How did he/she look like? Did he/she dreamed about something looking through the window? What his/her life about? etc...
CelSlade 8 years ago
The same here - I love abandoned buildings for that very reason. So evocative.
Load More Replies... Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
Beautiful light. Amazing how the curtains have weathered time, and not the walls.
#14
Abandoned Staircase
Final score:
26points
Swapan Mukherjee 8 years ago
Really, do not understand, who would abandon such a beautiful home to let it be demolished one sad day!
#16
Abandoned Green Bathroom
Final score:
22points
Charlotte Brine 8 years ago
At night this would definitely be a resident evil room! Dead guy in the tub... ZOMBIE ALERT!!!
#17
Bird Cage In Abandoned Hospital
Final score:
22points
Charlotte Brine 8 years ago
This would violate so many health and safety and hygiene regulations!
Copper Vyxen 8 years ago
I can't help but wonder how big that bird cage is and what exactly was in it...
#18
Abandoned Morgue
Final score:
17points
#19
Abandoned Wine Storage
Final score:
15points
Charlotte Brine 8 years ago
In a horror game this would certainly be filled with creepy dark green water and floating bodies and underwater grabbing Zombies!
#20
Abandoned Bathroom In Castle
Final score:
14points
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Kara Witham 8 years ago
Wow, these are just stunning, especially the chapel. They make me want to visit. How did you find out about these places?
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks a lot, Kara! It's either by researching news articles, photos or history on the internet or sharing with friends within my network.
Load More Replies... Dani Donovan 8 years ago
Very cool. That car reminds me of the Weasley’s car living in the Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter).
Audrey 8 years ago
How they can leave such treasure ? Especially chapel . Historic places . Maybe this is to expensive to repair.
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
I'm sure some of it is.. some of them are actually for sale now as well but no interested parties yet. Sad to see.
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Sunzilla 8 years ago
Does anybody still own these buildings? I can never understand why this would happen to such beautiful places. Surely somewhere, someone would want it?
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
Some of them have either an owner or a caretaker.
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Mindy Keys 8 years ago
More, please!!! These are stunning. Just amazing. Thank you for sharing. Do you have a web page?? I can't stop looking at these...
Aastha Raj 8 years ago
This is amazing! I can't believe these places are abandoned...its so sad when beautiful places like these turn into ruins...they are still stunning and have been captured beautifully...
Kara Witham 8 years ago
Wow, these are just stunning, especially the chapel. They make me want to visit. How did you find out about these places?
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
Thanks a lot, Kara! It's either by researching news articles, photos or history on the internet or sharing with friends within my network.
Load More Replies... Dani Donovan 8 years ago
Very cool. That car reminds me of the Weasley’s car living in the Forbidden Forest (Harry Potter).
Audrey 8 years ago
How they can leave such treasure ? Especially chapel . Historic places . Maybe this is to expensive to repair.
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
I'm sure some of it is.. some of them are actually for sale now as well but no interested parties yet. Sad to see.
Load More Replies... Sunzilla 8 years ago
Does anybody still own these buildings? I can never understand why this would happen to such beautiful places. Surely somewhere, someone would want it?
Roman Robroek (Post author) 8 years ago
Some of them have either an owner or a caretaker.
Load More Replies... Mindy Keys 8 years ago
More, please!!! These are stunning. Just amazing. Thank you for sharing. Do you have a web page?? I can't stop looking at these...
Aastha Raj 8 years ago
This is amazing! I can't believe these places are abandoned...its so sad when beautiful places like these turn into ruins...they are still stunning and have been captured beautifully...
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