The world of urban decay /
Photographer Martin ten Bouwhuijs's regular urban exploration missions throughout Western Europe have culminated in this collection of haunting images made in abandoned hospitals, morgues, monasteries, power plants, schools, factories, swimming pools and castles. Each location is described in a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atglen, Pa. :
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,
[2013]
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| Summary: | Photographer Martin ten Bouwhuijs's regular urban exploration missions throughout Western Europe have culminated in this collection of haunting images made in abandoned hospitals, morgues, monasteries, power plants, schools, factories, swimming pools and castles. Each location is described in a brief history. Capturing the venues in various states of neglect, these photographs reveal remnants of once-habitable spaces, from furniture still in place but covered in thick dust to dramatic vaulted ceilings speckled in mold and water stains to walls that have given way in complete disrepair. More than 150 dramatic images continually heighten anticipation by showing long views down empty corridors and wide views of rooms with doors that lead elsewhere you never really know what you are going to see around the next corner. |
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| Physical Description: | 176 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780764345692 0764345699 |