Occasionally you even get to go inside!Īn old car happily rusts in rural central Sri Lanka.Ĭars, buses and motorcycles are all very common finds, but it doesn’t stop there. Finding vehicle wrecks can be equally exciting. The spiritualists among us might even suggest that such times force us into the present moment. Living in an age where health and safety regulations keep us bubble-wrapped into a set way of things working, we (or, at least, I) long for more unpredictable situations, where we must be more alert to our surroundings. Mass demos in cities thrill me, as do those moments when you’re leaving a big football match and the fans fill the street, blocking the traffic. My character draws me to situations where things are not as they usually are. There is always a slight feeling of “I shouldn’t be here”. Many abandoned places have a wide-open entry point, please stick to these! You needn’t worry about losing your edge. There is no need to break any laws to enjoy the experience of urbex. I wouldn’t for a moment suggest you ever break into a building that has been closed off to you, or ignore “Keep Out” signs. Some of the others signify a telling off for me! We like to break the rules One of Nikki’s more playful “scared whilst urbexing” faces. Our hearts beat faster as we walk down a corridor towards a door, not knowing what awaits us on the other side and we like it! Why do we like to watch horror movies, or visit theme parks? We are adrenaline seekers. The dining room at the abandoned women’s prison in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The task of researching your discovery’s past can often be as exciting as the time you’d spent exploring it in the first place.
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More often than you might expect there’s a tale of disaster hiding between those cracked walls. Sometimes it’s a simple question of bankruptcy or social factors such as economic relocation (the pueblos abandonados found all over rural Spain pay testament to this). If it’s become disused, there was a reason. Whether or not you manage to find this story out is another question. There is, without fail, a story to be learnt about every abandoned building. We’re not normally allowed in the cockpit. Machinery and apparatusĪnyone lucky enough to explore an abandoned factory, medical facility or better still NASA/Roscosmos space centre (yes, that really does happen!) will be blessed with findings of all kinds of technical equipment few of us get to see in everyday life. In the case of an emergency… An oxygen mask on the floor of one of the planes at Bangkok’s Aeroplane Graveyard. These random objects are a major factor in what gives a place its charm, leave your site in the state others would like to find it!
It is not acceptable to take or break anything while exploring. This would be a good time to mention one key piece of urbex etiquette such items are to be treated with a “look but don’t touch” mentality. Old diskettes, school books and, of course, scary dolls are often lying around. It’s very common to find all sorts of goodies on the floor. Pine trees seen through another window of the same building.
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I am particularly fond of capturing shots of luscious environments through windows and doors, leaving a bit of the grime from the inside in view. Many deserted places are surrounded by incredible countryside.
Forgotten places are often flooded, which offers the photographer interesting reflections to play with.Īn olive grove seen through the window of an abandoned train station building in Valderrobres, Aragon, Spain. Decay and decline make for character in an image, as do the interesting angles that can be achieved through shells of doors, windows and holes in walls. It’s no secret that photographs of abandoned places can be very striking. The familiar search for an entry point is on… In my case, I often slam on the brakes of the motorbike with an eager “ooooh…”, my girlfriend, Nikki, on the back, tends to emit an “Oh God!” as she rolls her eyes. There is a thrill in that moment you drive past a site that has those tell-tale signs of broken windows and graffiti. That said, I am confident that “looking cool” is not the primary attraction for most urban explorers. Urbexing is a risky hobby (see the Dangers and Annoyances section below).
There is a level of daring inherent in entering a place that is no longer monitored for safety.
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Let’s be honest about this, having a social media account full of pictures of abandoned buildings is often perceived as “edgy”.
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