Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 9:45AM The sheer amount and variety of abandonments that are awaiting exploration in Detroit is simply staggering. Despite the fact that so many of the abandonements have been stripped of their original aesthetic, you can always find something worth exploring and shooting.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 12:29PM Visiting the multi-building complex of the Packard Motor Company was a very strange experience. The complex spans multiple city blocks and is so wide open and accessible that there is a constant flow of tourists to the site. I don't mean urban explorers, I mean plain old tourists; families with their kids, that sort of thing. The site itself is quite barren after years of scrapping. More than anything, it reminds me of images of WWII-era bombed out Europe.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Monday, March 26, 2012 at 12:44PM Since 1926 these stairs were used by Detroit theatre-goers who were heading to take their balcony seats. Today, they sit unused while the rest of this theatre serves as a... parking lot. Is there any doubt as to what our priorities are? To say that this threatre as it stands today is surreal... is a vast understatement.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 9:30AM The railway in this building is one of the few remaining vestiges that remind you of the work that took place here.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 10:33AM As much as urban exploration is a visual endeavour, I find the sounds associated with a place really set the tone for the experience. As you walk through this abandoned body plant you hear the echo of your footsteps, wind blowing through shattered windows, and the occasional drop of water falling to the ground. You then realize that your footsteps aside, what your hear is the sound of this place being reclaimed by nature.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:34AM Walking through this site you can't help but think back to what this place must have been like when workers were scurrying about doing body work on cars that were produced here. Today, the only sounds you hear are your own footsteps and the occasional acetylene torch of a scrapper working on freeing up some metal.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:31AM I took this snapshot on a recent road trip with B Synowiec and CrimsonDesigns. I think it captures the human element of urban exploration. We are not content to simply view history through the pages of books (or Wikipedia); we wander to not only see but to feel the history that still remains.
Detroit, urban decay, urban exploration in photography Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 2:46PM ... would that make this place Valhalla? Over the course of ~3 years after this soap/detergent factory closed, equipment has slowly been removed. There are only a few areas where there is significant equipment to be seen reminding us of the plant's glory days. Exploring a place like this is very surreal. On the one hand, the buildings and architecture are circa 1890s-1900s. Meanwhile, some of the industrial vestiges are quite modern.
urban decay, urban exploration in photography Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:27AM Welcome to the organized chaos that is Stan's place. Stan has taken up residence in this former industrial building and has tens of thousands of square footage at his disposal to live and ... collect things. What does he collect? Anything and everything. Thousands of bikes, empty cans, magazines... all in organized piles.
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