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30 Striking Photos of Urban Decay Beauty

by Bill Jones

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

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty


Gilad Benari

Urban Decay Beauty


Chris Suppa

Urban Decay Beauty


Felix

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty


Brain D. Bug

Urban Decay Beauty


Timothy Neesam

Urban Decay Beauty


Gundross

Urban Decay Beauty


synaestheta

Urban Decay Beauty


David Fontani

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty


Jano De Cesare

Urban Decay Beauty


Rob Prouse

Urban Decay Beauty


Doug Wilson

Urban Decay Beauty


Christa Lohman

Urban Decay Beauty


Kevin Bauman

Urban Decay Beauty


Phill Davison

Urban Decay Beauty


Mark Mawson

Urban Decay Beauty


Stephen Brockerton

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty


Bob Kueppers

Urban Decay Beauty


Sebastian

Urban Decay Beauty


Patrick O’Neill

Urban Decay Beauty


James Lester

Urban Decay Beauty

Urban Decay Beauty


Renate Eder

Urban Decay Beauty


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8 Comments

  • ivan pedro

    September 15th

    So sad, so beautiful … so full of longing.

  • Martin

    September 16th

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

  • Jonathas Scott

    September 17th

    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.

  • Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

    September 20th

    Some beautiful photography here.

  • Francis Edward Esteban

    December 18th

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

  • Amit

    January 30th

    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..

  • Mike Padgett

    March 11th

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

  • Jenn

    March 11th

    Absolutely beautiful images. Thank you for the collection.

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