Open Directory - Recreation: Outdoors: Urban Exploration: Image Galleries
See also: - A project of Kim Koester, Richard Schumann, Stephan Schulz and Johannes Buenemann. Walk through the sights and hear the sounds of a dilapidated structure. - Collection of industrial photographs. - Photographs and drawings of derelict machinery. - Resource for essays on decay, urban exploration and the aesthetics of urban ruins. - Photographs of old, broken, rusty things. Group began for vehicles but has grown to include anything. - Photos which show the building acquiring a new character. Shots that are just straight documentary records of simple unoccupied spaces are not appropriate for this group. - Rusty old gas pumps and abandoned gas stations. - Places and things which have been abandoned. - Photos and art found in and around abandoned buildings and houses. - Pictures of abandoned and lost cottages in the city, villages or countryside. - Photos of abandoned farms, ruins and other rural buildings decaying. - Take photos of furniture you've come across on the street and submit them here. - Sharing photos which show the interesting aspects of abandoned places, buildings and things. - Empty (or nearly) rooms in abandoned houses. - Pictures of anything abandoned, mainly buildings. Rough, ransacked, dirty, torn-down, and messy. - Anything old, neglected, abandoned, falling apart, or rusting. - Rusted objects and places. Anything derelict, with a good coat of rust. - Snap a picture of an old building, house, farm or other structure, tag it with the location, and post it to this group. We may not be able to rebuild them, but we can remember them. - Any kind of buildings (outside/ inside): abandoned, derelict, uninhabited, empty, unoccupied, tumbledown, broken-down, ramshackle, run-down, ruined. - A particular style or fashion of a building, especially one that is typical of a period of history or of a particular place. - This group is more specifically aimed at urban exploration photography as an art form using light and or available elements in an artistic fashion. - An exploration of mental hospitals, asylums and housing for the insane. - Barns, sheds, smoke houses, dilapidated farm houses and other rustic and rural buildings. - Beautiful things that are tattered, cracked, rusted, bruised, broken, burned, or busted in any way. - This group is intended to contain images that show decay in an aesthetic way. - Beauty in decaying buildings and their accessories. - Anything so far beyond decay you know it isn't coming back. - This is a public group for pictures of bridges or tunnels. - It's an eerie phenomenon, but there always seem to be an odd chair or something of that genre in abandonments. Only post chairs, sofas, benches and the such found in abandoned, desolate locations. - The group for church and chapel ruins. This can include ruined abbeys, priories, monasteries and friaries. - Shops, stores, restaurants, cafes, retail and public buildings, that have ceased business and are falling into a state of decay and rot. - Photos of houses, factories, buildings that are about to be burned or torn down. - Demolition of old buildings and construction of new places. - Pictures of damaged items and places. - Collecting photographs of dams, spillways, and anything attached to them. - Pictures of abandoned retail facilities, inside and out. - Collection of abandoned and/ or derelict signs. - Add your images to document the death of the service station, or to inject some optimism, add some hope with images demonstrating the restoration/ revival of it. - Anything decaying: urban, rural, industrial, or natural. Photos from around the world. - A collection of decaying urban wall textures, spontaneous guerilla art, fragments of political dissent and abstruse messages. - Photos of buildings or significant structures, now demolished or removed since originally photographed. - Photos of light at the scene of an abandoned building or place. - A group to share photos of all things old, rusty and derelict. - A group to illustrate and protest the desecration/ vandalism of cemeteries. - Photos of homes, houses and residences in all kinds of disrepair. - Post your photos of dilapidated buildings (residential or commercial). - Old houses showing decay or breaking down. - Disused railways, tracks, platforms, empty stations, viaducts, bridges, tunnels. But no trains. - Photos of doors, mostly old, in rough shape or otherwise notable. - Could be new or old, urban or rural, but must be clearly decaying and not stuff that could be resolved with a wet cloth and some detergent. - This site is dedicated to images of abandoned docks and piers. - Images that go beyond simple industrial photography. Capturing the color of rust, the feeling of an abandoned factory, the patterns in flaking paint, a vanishing point in a mill. - About the pleasure to be found in decay, the inevitable passage of the pretentious and the grandiose. - For those who explore inside abandoned and semi-abandoned buildings. Just taking pictures from outside isn't enough. - Photos of abandoned houses, buildings and ruins. - All kinds of factories: derelict or full of life, new or old, large or small. - New, old and defunct factories in photos. - Signs past. Having lost their message, separated from the thing that they once advertised, or even those still trucking along, not yet replaced. - Sharing photos of old, condemned homes and buildings. - A group for photographers who have found themselves being forbidden to take photos of some thing or place. - Things forgotten, if only for a minute, or an endless period of time. - Not just abandoned, this group is for things that seem to simply have been forgotten: old cemeteries, rusty cars, swingsets. Non-living things only. These are the things you know will still be there, unattended, if you drive by 10 years from now. - Photos of theaters that are either no longer in use (abandoned, condemned) or have been transformed into something else but still structurally resemble theaters. - People, places or things which have been abandoned, forgotten or ignored. - Gallery of old, painted commercial signs faded with age. - Lost places, once inhabited towns and forgotten futures of the American Old West. - Photos of railroads, railroad equipment, locomotives which are no longer being used. - In post-industrial environments, there are many reminders, echoes, hints or ghosts of our industrial past. - This is a group exclusively for HDR photographs featuring decay. - Group to post photos of favourite historical places. - Pictures (from as many parts of the world as possible) of exteriors of interesting houses/ homes. - Photos of old buildings, structures that look like they have a story behind them. Please add details such as location and the kind of structure it is. - Abandoned industrial buildings. - All about abandoned factories, of every type, from every part of the world. - Abandoned industry, decaying machinery and vehicles, derelict industrial buildings and other facilities. The older the building, machine or structure, the better. Abandoned locations preferred but not required. - Industry landscapes at night. - Urban exploration, industrial archeology and modern industry photography. - Pictures of places you're not supposed to go. - Pictures of scrap metal, junkyards, rubbish dumps, anyplace where stuff goes to die. Dead metal. - Photos of scrap, jetsom and flotsom, whatever you call piles of junk that can be recycled back into art. - The key is the emptiness, uncanny lack of belonging that the chair represents. - Houses and other buildings that have one thing in common, they lean. - Photos of houses in empty spaces, as a lonely strong sign in landscape. Most are abandoned homes. - Artistic photographs of machines, metals, gears, engines, pulleys, industrial equipment, axles, miscellaneous mechanisms, grease, grime, grit, junk. The inner-workings of anything. Abstract or linear, anything goes. - Photos of urban decay, does not include things that can be restored. - Abandoned, rotting or dismantled military objects and facilities. - Photographs of standing stones, historical monuments (such as castles), and the landscape they exist within. - Dust storms and clouds, dust bunnies, drifts of dust and tornadoes for example. - A group for those taking pictures in places that have Do Not Enter or No Trespassing signs. - Things which are preferably old, not used anymore or used for a totally different purpose. - Group to share and discuss photos of round shaped houses. Some are derelict but it's not necessary. - Old and abandoned buildings, industrial places, burned out places. Some may be creepy looking but anything which has been pretty much forgotten and left to decay. - Buildings and other things that are old, weathered and forgotten. - A group for old buildings, barns, shacks, abandoned homes, and any other old falling down structures. - Old buildings bridges or landmarks. Share the history in pictures of any historic place you may have been. - Old buildings, houses, streets, markets, national monuments, bridges or even a building in ruins. - Group to share photos of old churches. - Pictures of old houses 90, 100 years old or older. - By stone we mean rock shaped by humans. By old we mean at least 100 years, but something like 1000 years would be more appropriate. - Structures of all kinds. Mostly abandoned or still in limited use. - This is a group for pictures of old windows and window frames. - Old cars, farm equipment, machinery, that has been put out to pasture. - This is a group for pictures where any object or item is being taken over by nature. Overgrown, plants, vines, weeds, obscuring some object. - Pictures of pre-Medieval, Medieval and post-Medieval towers, lighthouses, castles, fortresses, and especially remnants thereof. - Group to share photos of peeling and patched walls. - Photos taken in prohibited locations. Infiltrating industrial plants, military installations, concerts, train and metro stations. - Shots of man made things that nature has decided to take for its own. - Urban exploration: buildings and sites with posted signs telling you not to go there. (No Trespassing, Restricted Access.) - Photos of building and structures ruined by the passage of time. - The only major criteria for posting images to this group is a rural setting (or at least evoking a rural mood or feeling of isolation) plus a dark aura (or sense of dread). Think rural decay but with a more Gothic or eerie sensibility. - Pictures of barns, silos, farms and other rural buildings decaying. Objects now part of the landscape are also welcome, such as tractors, or old farm equipment. - Pictures of rural buildings deteriorating and decaying. Must be man made and must be rural ie: old or ruined houses, sheds, doors, windows, churches. - This group is for those who explore the interiors of abandoned buildings in rural settings. - Photos of the items covered with or consisting of rust, or rusted. - Rusting, crusting, rotting, decomposing and just plain falling apart. - Posts without signs, empty sign-frames, empty billboards and/or marquees. - For the image without end, a staircase towards the paradise, myth or poetry of the spiral. Group to share images of spiral staircases. - Stairs in decay, as part of old and abandoned buildings. - Sharing photos from the inside of storm drains and sewers. - Pictures taken in strange places, places pictures should not be taken. - Basements, underground stations, tunnels, underground parking decks, abandoned or still in use. - All about the little things in suburbia that are unexpectedly macabre, dying, decaying, or otherwise at odds with the peaceful suburban lifestyle. - Showcasing the best (top standards) urban exploration photos. - Photos of industrial waste land or old factories. - Anything old, that old rusted car in your back yard, the old abandoned house down the street, that rustic looking boat that has been sitting on blocks for years at your local marina, just about anything you find in your parents or grandparents attic. - Post pictures of anything that has been abandoned. Buildings, junk on the side of the road, and the like. - Factories, mills, mines, refineries, all left to rot, and worse. - Old destroyed objects, abandoned places, houses, factories. - Photos of anything that is rusted and weathered. - Pictures of the unconscious aesthetical creations resulting from the destruction of man-made structures. - Things that moved but don't anymore. Broken down and retired vehicles. Planes, trains, automobiles, riding mowers. Does not include buildings and things that never moved. - Not houses that are falling down, but old houses that can be remodeled and preserved. Old historic houses. - Post your photos of (not abandoned) derelict homes that amaze you because of condition, yard art, or just plain decay. No abandoned or storm-damaged homes, only those that are occupied. - This group is for shots taken in areas where most people don't often venture (not necessarily breaking trespassing laws). The spin of this group should be somewhat journalistic, so as to show a viewer an off-limits area. - Exploring in the depths of the concrete jungle. - Exploring tunnels, pipes, holes, drains, the world underneath. - Show off your best abandoned urban relic finds. - Rundown buildings, neighborhoods and all things within. - All closed systems will eventually break down and chaos will ensue. - Photos and stories about abandoned paper mills, condemned hospitals, decaying barns. - Photos of architectural details and ephemera: bits of carving and molding, doors and windows, peeling paint, rusty metal, old brickwork, decaying wood, graffiti, signs, murals, urban art, billboards. No photos with people in them. - Places in the heart of populated places that are forgotten, or hard to reach. - Going into abandoned buildings, storm drains, tunnels, anywhere man made that is not meant for most people to see. - Dedicated to urbex or urban exploration. - This group is for all of those beautiful, old things which are disappearing from our world: old buildings, wonderful old walls, old mechanical devices like typewriters and parking meters. If you can't preserve it physically, preserve it photographically. No sunsets. - Images of wood that's been weathered. Whether by wind, sun, water, or a combination. The grayer, the rougher, the better. Buildings, pier pilings, driftwood, you get the picture. - This group is dedicated to creative and artsy photos of oxidation and the wonders it creates. - Places, situations where you have been told not to take pictures. Examples are military, government or scientific establishments of any kind, hospitals, churches. - For images of peeling, weathered paint. - CARF's photo weblog. Places forgotten by society. - Buildings and other man made creations from the start of the automobile age that have started to decay. - Online galleries from Kim J. Köster. - Photo journal for small towns only. Documenting disappearing towns, once bustling and useful, now decrepit and crumbling. - Photographic essays include explorations of a girls orphanage, insane asylum, hospital, crypt, and steel plant. - Draining and stencil graffiti. Urban exploration and graphic art. - Commercial site that allows registered users to post messages on urban adventures and explorations. - Sharing photographs from explorations around the world. - Photographically deconstructing the urban environment. Underground tunnels, derelict industrial sites and urban ruins. - Craig S. Thom, photo gallery of abandoned buildings and places. Available to be sent as postcards. - Photo galleries of urban exploration in Europe. - Photoblog and Flickr group for images of nature in an urban context.
