DanJW Posted May 23, 2011 Including Pripyat. uUeFx2fJSNE There's been photos coming out of the zone for a long time, but the recent ones have been just as fascinating and weirdly beautiful. And now they also include weirdly anachronistic isolated people wondering around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted May 23, 2011 Thumbs group holiday, anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted May 23, 2011 Pictures of the exclusion zone (especially Pripyat) have always been. . .disquieting to me. Things like the (fairly famous) shots of the cribs and the playground just make my brain go "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. That's not right." How many years has it been now, anyway? It's a weird place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sno Posted May 23, 2011 Pictures of the exclusion zone (especially Pripyat) have always been. . .disquieting to me. Things like the (fairly famous) shots of the cribs and the playground just make my brain go "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. That's not right." More generally, I've always found abandoned habitation rather unsettling, though perhaps not for quite the same reasons. Not sure quite how to articulate it, but it's something about how impermanent things are. Seeing photos of an abandoned home just gets me thinking of the people who probably lived there, with all of their hopes and things held dear. Chernobyl ruined a lot of lives. Now i'm feeling all melancholy, blah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
subbes Posted May 23, 2011 I, on the other hand, love UrbEx and exploration of abandoned places. It is probably because I'm v nosy and the chance to see what you're not supposed to and peek into peoples lives through what they left behind in a place is such a thrill. Less so when it's layered over such a tragedy as Chernobyl or etc (I prefer abandoned hospitals, as apparently do 90% of the people doing UrbEx of abandoned places). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanJW Posted May 23, 2011 Yeah I love Urban Decay and exploration too. The poignancy and echoes of the past, the melancholia and suggestion of transience and mortality - all part of what makes it such great subject matter. Like I said above, I find it weirdly beautiful. Thumbs group holiday, anyone? YES! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted May 23, 2011 I thought we were going on a trip to central Africa to observe the puffins migration :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu Posted May 23, 2011 I too love this kind of thing. It's often hauntingly beautiful. I found this picture earlier today. It's an abandoned mill in Sorrento, Italy: I particularly like it when nature sort of kreeps back in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thompson Posted May 23, 2011 I thought you were all going to be axe murdered in the English countryside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wubbles Posted May 23, 2011 Oh, that's where I left my gasmasks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted May 23, 2011 PiratePoo, that mill looks like an absolutely incredible location. I too love urbex, and living in a city built on caves, I've had a poke around in quite a few of them. Probably the most dramatic were these (never used or finished) catacombs: I also went to explore an abandoned power station a few weeks back, and a few of the cooling towers had their innards completely stripped out. The acoustics in the centre were incredible: 4UwjlGhd7j8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted May 24, 2011 *Being awesome* Very cool! I'd probably do that sort of stuff if we had anything of the sort around here. That kind of stuff doesn't bother me, because for starters, nature be awesome. It's the sort of, mmm, desolation and emptiness of Pripyat that bothers me, for the most part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites