Urbex, short for urban exploration, denotes the visual (and maybe artistic) exploration of urban spaces, but mostly of abandoned buildings or towns. In this sense, photographers or filmmakers (such as the producers of the Homo Sapiens movie), explore a lot the aesthetic of ruins. It can be very well argued that ruins are a fascinatingContinue reading “Urbex and the Historical Social Context”
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The Fallen Time of Romario Rondelez
Romario Rondelez is a young Belgian photographer with a taste for urbex. In his photographs, he often depicts large, open spaces that have been last used for their intended purposes long ago, but the way in which he composes the images gives the viewer a sense of claustrophobia and of a closed space. Thus, heContinue reading “The Fallen Time of Romario Rondelez”
Sights of a Vanishing World
Back in January, we talked about how one of our main themes for 2018 would be the “Architecture of the Mind” and how we would be focusing a lot on urban exploration photography, urbex for short. The reason we chose this theme was because we believed it reflected a good part of what our worldContinue reading “Sights of a Vanishing World”
Architecture of the Mind
Art is the physical expression of our spirit. The human experience is a constant interplay between the outside world (the medium) and the inside world (the mind). These elements are in a constant state of influencing each other. We influence the medium with our feelings, sensations and emotions and the medium influences us. Therefore,Continue reading “Architecture of the Mind”
Past Structures Revealed by Les Johnstone
Les Johstone’s photographs, if looked at for quite a long time, can have the power to turn into portals to world’s you’ve always known existed, but thought that were present only in dreams. By shooting from a forward angle, Les’ images introduce you to an unfiletered world that reveals itself before your eyes. The urbexContinue reading “Past Structures Revealed by Les Johnstone”
Julien Roesz’s Déjà Vus
Julien Roesz is a photographer from Strasbourg, France who is engaging in a photographic endeavor of high interest. His urban exploration photographs are impressive images that generate not only the classic emotions urbex imagery usually creates, but that also raise questions. His photos give the viewer a sense of déjà vu. When looking at his works,Continue reading “Julien Roesz’s Déjà Vus”
La Belle et la Bête by Marco Campelli
Urbex, or Urban Exploration refers to the exploration of man-made structures and spaces. The catch about urbex is that unlike classic street photography, they explore abandoned spaces or buildings that are in ruins. Sometimes, urbex explores places that are not generally allowed to be entered by the general population. Marco Campelli’s urban exploration photographs tellContinue reading “La Belle et la Bête by Marco Campelli”