Hours of Darkness, a gallery of urban and non-urban decay is quite beautiful, although a bit sad. Apparently the photographer, Amanda, died earlier this year of cancer. This fact makes the photos that much more poignant, and touching. The site features two sets of galleries, Night Photos and Modern Ruins, both of which are amazing.
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A reader sent me some photos for my Urban Decay obsession of rhte Eastern State Penitentiary which is utterly fascinating. Located in Philadelphia, the Eastern State Penitentiary operated for close to 150 years before being closed and left to rot in 1971. The images in this gallery are haunting and amazing. For whatever reason I [...]
Another addition to my collection of Urban Decay photo galleries I came across today: NYC Exposed. According to the site (and as evidenced by some of the kids in the photos, NYC Exposed is “full of young teenagers, from thrill seekers, to grafitti artists, to photographers, we are NYC Urban Exploration…”
Age aside, you have to [...]
Here’s another great gallery of a decaying asylum by David Maisel for my collection of Urban Decay links. The photos in his Asylum collection are beautifully shot and really touch a nerve with me. Additionally, check out his gallery of abandoned cremation cannisters found at the Oregon State Insane Asylum (via) called the Library [...]
A while back I wrote a post about the dangers that miners face due to the laws that our president has backed reducing mine safety. One of the largest of these dangers is the threat of fires in the mines. I came across a large gallery of photos from Centralia, PA which are an excellent [...]
I’m getting a new computer upgrade at work today, so I need to keep posting brief today. However, here are some more urban decay photos for you. The person running this site could use a few lessons in web dev and needs a spell checker, but his photos are great. Check out Illict Ohio
Here’s a nice Monday morning gallery of urban-decay: Forgotten Detroit. There are some really great gallaries of hotels and theaters. These rotting buildings that are of such a massive scale in the middle of town fascinate me.
Tien has taken some kickass photos of an abandoned Bethlehem Steel plant. Really lovely.
Larger versions of some of the images can be seen here and here.
Jonathan Gayman is a corporate photographer and design consultant in New York City. He also likes to talk a lot of smack here on Exhibit 5a.
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To see some examples of Jonathan's work, check out New York City Corporate Photographer Jonathan Gayman. And you can also check him out on Flickr for more.
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