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Those are GREAT pics… very thought provoking. They “shock” a guy like me who lives out in the country and concentrates on family and kids photography. Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed them.

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wow. such beautiful decay indeed!

This is Remarkable! Some images remind me of Da Vinci’s Drawings.
Keep it up Guys!

beutiful!

Great collection.. here is another photographer who does outstanding ‘decay’ work
http://www.callybeart.com/gallery_134150.html

more wonderful urban decay from yves marchand & romain meffre: http://reliques.online.fr/ and roche photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rochephoto/sets/72157603917583359/

Loved it!

inspirational… who would have thought that even in decay there’s such a beauty

I have quite a lot of these in my “Abandoned Places” set on Flickr. Mostly tunnels, reservoirs, buildings and factories around Sydney, Australia.

Beautiful Photos.

I really aprecciate author. Beautifull pics

Nice article. Great snaps!

Awesome photos!

Here’s one of mine, from Berlin ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monsieurlam/413840339/in/set-72157612030242440/

nice pictures, some are a little over-photoshopped maybe ,-), some not really urban… but very nice collection anyway!

just an idea, whe n you put photography lists togethor, might be nice to post a follow up list of users efforts of the chosen style a week later something.

great pics

i love them, my favorite though is Marcin Stawiarz

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Awesome! I love it.

I like the photos but not the tittle nor the idea. There is nothing beautiful about social injustice (urban decay). No matter how a photo portrays it, urban decay not only shows but tells the story of inequality and injustices done to anyone without equal access top resources.

Too much HDR.

Nature bestowing it´s beauty on itself once again.

These are stunning. I love this sort of photography, and would totally love to go and do some urban exploring. There is another site that’s as stunning as these – Opacity.us you might also check out sometime.

Wow, nice pics.

most of them are just boring pictures with a LOT of photoshop filters.

wow ! love this collection !

your site says “Welcome Googler!” when I come from my google rss reader.. can you fix that?
very nice pics btw and i love your site! Thank you very much

Urban decay. URBAN FUCKING DECAY.
there were 3 photos in there that werent even urban you fucking fagg0t.
dont start posting photography on urban decay then show me a picuture of a farm house, or half a wall of an old mill in the middle of fucking no-where. you never mentioned the beauty of rural decay.

For those who like this stuff you may be interested in my Urban Exploration photography: http://abandoniaphoto.com/

Overall I thought the post was a nice collection of images. But have to agree with some of the comments about overuse/abuse of PS filters. For some true B&W photography of Detroit, MI by my husband and photographer…

nice one ! I love them ! :)

The shipwreck photo isn’t urban decay … it’s the Peter Iredale on the Oregon coast near Fort Stevens State Park.

HDR overload. I kept looking at this post because some of pics were very moving. It’s just a bummer when some images lose their DOF through HDR.

Inspiring… Well Done.

beautiful~

Thanks for the ’smashing’ post. I have a group of photographs that I took a couple of months ago that would fit perfect in this collection! These remind us that ‘beauty’ doesn’t have to be new, clean, and in one piece, but rather to embrace what has been left behind!

I like urban theme. Also made Berlin photos in last year http://galeria.bigismall.com/berlin/

Further evidence that HDR is one of the most abused photo techniques ever. Your affinity to it is ongoing and, at least by me, not appreciated. I don’t want to whine and I know you can’t appeal to all, but just for feedback’s sake I am a web developer (HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP) and a keen photographer for many years and I am on the very very brink of deleting your entry in my “open every day” favourites folder. Sure that comic has something to do with it, but the commenter’s are overwhelmingly juvenile and easily pleased, and offer very little constructive feedback, it’s all starting to seem like a waste of time :( Remember posts like these? http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/17/showcase-of-minimalist-and-clean-designs/ a real time-saving roundup? The above post saves me no time at all, I could just go to Flickr and type “urban HDR” (like you did). Like I said I am on the brink, I can’t be alone.

By the way here’s that link, you can use it as a post if you like. My title is “5000+ super-incredible urban decay pics“

#3 would have been nice if the highlights weren’t blown. And the cartoonie HDR pics? Please…enough’s enough. 11,14, and 21 can hardly be included as “urban”. #30 is almost good. Most of the guys on this site are trying waaay too hard, though. Just let it go.

all i can say is, i appreciate the fact that two of my images were chosen to be displayed in the group. my two images are not HDR, but have some minor tweaks in photoshop. i do believe there is an art to taking a picture, but photoshop can be a wonderfull extension to the art. sometimes HDR images have the dramatic feel one might be trying and get across. to each their own, i say

Good collection of decay images. I do this type of photos too…

Enjoy my collections on Flickr

That picture of Timothy Neesams is amazing, saw it in a digital photography mag the other day.

Check out my UE site: http://derelictionaddiction.fotopic.net

I liked it so much,keep it up guys

Very nice! It is hard to find urban decay in spotless Singapore where old buildings are torn down the moment their paint starts to flake.

Except for the Mitre Hotel of course :)

Those places look so lonly and sad, and they stirred something within. They have left a great impression in my heart.

You should have included the lost photograph on the list. So far it’s the web urban decay I ever saw and it’s here: http://lostphotograph.com/index.php?showimage=148losh

I do’nt have a slow computer, ‘ts just that your website is fucking unclear. Put something like scroll down on it. Instead of the click here button. But eh yeh, great pictures…

Wow, what a sit up and take notice collection. Were some of these taken outside the US? They have a South American feel to the architecture. They’re great thanks for sharing.

Wow! Very cool pics.
Some pictures from abandoned places in Germany you will find here:

Very nice images, wish I could visit a lot of the places with the work I do.

Looking at all these photographs I am beginning to think photoshop has some kinda new widget or brush or button called “decayify.” Come on folks, there is plenty of “awesome” decay around without the need to hit that widget.