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30 Striking Photos of Urban Decay Beauty

by Bill Jones

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Man shapes the environment around him. Building and changing to suite his needs. Building grand cities to live, work and play in. What happens when these structures are forgotten or neglected?

Below is a collection of some of the best images we could find that illustrate what happens when structures are being reclaimed by the environment they reside.


Bousure

Gilad Benari

Chris Suppa

Felix

Brain D. Bug

Timothy Neesam

Gundross

synaestheta

David Fontani

Jano De Cesare

Rob Prouse

Doug Wilson

Christa Lohman

Kevin Bauman

Phill Davison

Mark Mawson

Stephen Brockerton

Bob Kueppers

Sebastian

Patrick O’Neill

James Lester

Renate Eder

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21 Comments

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  ivan pedro said:

  So sad, so beautiful … so full of longing.

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  Martin said:

  Nice photos but why do photographers always have to use HDR with that style of images…

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  Jonathas Scott said:

  Really astonishing inspirations. i think hdr and lomo on this pictures, gives a more intensity to th details and brings up the atmosphere of each ambient. I enjoy those effects when they empower a picture like this ones.

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  Craig Ferguson (@cfimages) said:

  Some beautiful photography here.

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  Francis Edward Esteban said:

  So full of story… Rotten places are always the best subject… it’s always the best story-teller…

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  Amit said:

  hey nice collection..the last pic Renate Eder is jus so awesome fantastic subject n a great capture..also the depth in othr pics conveys saddness..the pic Timothy Neesam coms to life wit the ray of light captured..

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  Mike Padgett said:

  Astonishing photos. Would prefer to see less use of HDR, though. Distracts from sufficient natural beauty.

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  Jenn said:

  Absolutely beautiful images. Thank you for the collection.

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  Marcel said:

  Like a portrait of the time passing by… beautiful

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  Amberly | Web Designer said:

  Completely beautiful. Thank you so much for putting these together.

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  Nicole said:

  I love it, but I think the HDR effect in some pictures is exagerated.
  Awesome Webpage :)

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  Kaeyla said:

  Many of these pictures capture the beautiful melancholy that so often comes with urban decay. A great collection – thank you.

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  Francisco said:

  Awesome collection !!!!

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  Antonio said:

  Awesome. Just amazing.

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  Markus said:

  I absolutely love the photo of the fallen MCD sign. That is absolutely unique.

  M.

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  joe said:

  Some stunning images. I love the decay of the buildings, gives a whole new look and feel to the places which were probably once quite bland.

  Here is a site i found which has some nice urban decay photography from various disused sites:

  http://urbandecay.heavenforum.com

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  airiechan said:

  this inspires me to go out and take some photos. i feel its a shame that old photography. is dead its all digital now its they say you can get the same effects with a digital but really you cant. nothing can replace the dark room. and the effects of developer and washes . but i guess i have to upgrade.

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  michael reynolds said:

  Wow…. just found this blew me..!! away thanks for the inspiration i just love this style of photography…. i can only dream of producing imagery like this once again thank you !!!

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  Anne McKinnell said:

  Outstanding collection! I like the use of HDR and many of these have beautiful colours as well.

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  christina hendricks said:

  They are no longer photo’s once you have ADDED lighting elements that didn’t exist and shouldn’t be labeled as such. they are very nice Illustrations that use photography and they are beautiful What they are not is any kind of truth about the locations.

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  Mario said:

  The beauty of destruction…

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