Italian Hospital A – Bedlam
High up in the Alps in a small village thee is an abandoned hospital. There are two well known highlights of this location, one is the chapel which is very distinctive, the other is the fact that there are beds remaining in the wards. They’ve seen better days, but none the less its great to [...]
Hunting Lodge A – Kitchen
There wasn’t very much left in this kitchen, a couple of sinks and that was about it. I liked the symmetry again and thought the varying textures and pastel shades on the walls would pop nicely when processed so took a bit of time with this one. Click the image for a slightly larger version [...]
Hunting Lodge – Main Stairs
After seeing where we were going on our day out I did a search to see what to expect and came across the stairs in the lodge. Pretty much everyone who goes here takes this picture and its hard to do something ‘different’ really so I just went with the flow and shot this. I [...]
Hunting Lodge A – Guest WC
A lot of urbex photographers have a thing about taking shots of the toilets in abandoned locations. I’m not quite sure of why this is, maybe because its sometimes the only furniture that is left as its attached to the walls. Maybe because the white porcelain is quite photogenic or that it sometimes dates a [...]
Abandoned Art – Senso – Fallen Angel
In the warehouse somewhat hidden away was this fantastic piece by Senso, I really like this, the image really jumps out of the wall and the artist has used the environment well, the fallen angel sitting on the switches. Click the image to see a slightly larger version or to purchase
Balestrino Abandoned Village – External
As you can see the weather was lovely in the village, blue skies and sun for a change. It was great to wander around without the worry of being quiet, getting caught or falling down any holes. The village is mostly intact, nothing remains in the houses although the spaces are quite nice. Tiles [...]
Balestrino – Abandoned Church
The third day of our trip was a treat – an abandoned village on the side of a hill. After a little confusion we found the right place. RoamnyWG and I had different locations in mind, I’d found a different village to him! The weather was great, lovely and sunny and the small village contained [...]
Abandond Art – FRESH
Another from the same location as the previous images. I think was the only piece we found by ABSOLUT here.
Abandoned Art – Sea Creative – Vine
More excellent contact work from my travelling colleague. We met a couple of the artists at a secret spot in Italy, yet another vast location with a lot of excellent art. The guys have been painting here for a long time and will continue to do so. The art on the walls is outstanding some [...]
Abandoned Art – James Kalinda
My travelling colleague is a bit of a street-art collector, or more accurately hidden art, a few mails and call were exchanged and we had the location of a new spot sorted. There’s something affirming and ego-less about the guys that paint in hidden and abandoned locations, great works on vast walls, not for the [...]
Urbex Palace – NON PLUS ULTRA
Having seen pictures of this hall I kinda knew what to expect. However on arrival I was blown away, intricate carvings all painted white, skylights letting in wonderful light. This surly was a place to behold. I had high hopes of shooting a mega-panorama here, however it appears that it’s not to be. The regular [...]
Lavoir à Charbon A – Pincer Action
It wasn’t all manor houses and hospitals on our recent tour of Italy. On the way we travelled through France and Luxembourg, stopping off at a rather tasty coke washing plant. This was an interesting one as the site that it is on is live with plenty of people around. thankfully we entered unnoticed and [...]
Manor House T – The Chapel
I’ve been to several large houses in Europe that have chapels attached, nothing quite like this one though. In keeping with the rest of the property the whole room was painted with trompe-l’œil pretty much everything in the image apart from the alter is painted. It’s obviously been a long time since the chapel was [...]
Urbex Palace – The White Room
Finally back from Italy, around 3,000 miles driven over 11 days, what a great trip. My exploring partners and I have seen some wonderful locations, got some great photos all with little incident despite getting caught three times. The picture below was taken at an abandoned manor house, well, its a bit more than that [...]
Italy – En Route Post
Half way through the Tour d’Italia with RomanyWG and EllisD and things are going well for us. After a slow start of one location a day we’ve done three today. We hooked up with some locals for a convent, but unfortunately it had been recently boarded so entry wasn’t possible. Luckily they had a backup [...]
Centrale Thermique – Take It Away
I’ve been doing a lot of panoramas recently and although I really like doing them I wanted to get back to something more my usual style. I wanted PIPES this evening. I was searching through my images from last summer and came across this from Centrale Thermique, its a powerstation in Europe, disused of course. [...]
Atlas Hotel Casablanca
Here’s the external area at The Atlas Hotel in Casablanca. Its not the best hotel in the world, but close to the airport so convenient. My room was clean and functional, so I was happy to lay my bags down and stay a couple of nights. Click the square icon for the full screen panorama.
Image Processing Tutorial
I thought that I’d create a post showing how I created an image this morning. I’ve been spending a bit of time brushing up on skills and looking into tutorials recently, so I thought it was time to put into use what I had learnt and share that with my viewers. Generally I use several [...]
Reims – Iemza, Street Art
On the way back from Luxembourg we detoured through France to visit a derelict industrial compound that was due to be flattened. there were still a few buildings left, this one in particular held what we had come to see. The artist of the insect like beings is IEMZA. There’s a lot of work gone [...]
Some Assorted ROA
I just realised that I’ve not blogged my ROA images from Doel in Belgium – so here you go!
Notre Dame de Lourdes – Casablanca
Back to Morocco and a rather nice 360. I specifically went to the cathedral to capture this image. I’d seen interiors shots of the cathedral before but not a full 360 and certainly not an HDR 360. As you can hopefully see its a pretty impressive structure from the inside, outside is rather more mundane. [...]
Maison R – tell Me About It
Every urbex photographer likes a chair. I’m not sure what it evokes, but a seat in an empty room can make a picture – the subject adding interest to an otherwise mediocre space. If this chair had not been in the picture then there would have been no shot in the loft. Admittedly it was [...]
Casablanca – Hassan II Mosque
I’ve been a bit lazy and taken the info below from Wikipedia, but suffice is to say the mosque is a sight to behold – massive and intricate, built in only six years, it stands on reclaimed land, King Hassan declared that the throne of Allah was on water and therefore that is where the [...]
Morocco – Dakhla Attitude #1
Over the last week I have had the good fortune to go on holiday and indulge myself in a little kitesurfing in Morocco. Suffice is to say that I had an excellent time and really enjoyed the break. I’ll add a few more images and hopefully some cool 360s over the coming week or so [...]
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