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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

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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8 Comments

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  ivan pedro

  September 15th

  So sad, so beautiful … so full of longing.

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  Martin

  September 16th

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

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  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.

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  Craig Ferguson (@cfimages)

  September 20th

  Some beautiful photography here.

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  Francis Edward Esteban

  December 18th

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

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  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..

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  Mike Padgett

  March 11th

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

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  Jenn

  March 11th

  Absolutely beautiful images. Thank you for the collection.

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