I’ve regularly visited Italy to photograph the amazing architecture of abandoned houses from North to South. This country has a special place in my heart, and it is my favorite country to visit. The Italian hospital, which was built in the late 19th century, was used to treat mentally ill patients who were experimented on with electroshock therapy. Roman Robroek Community member Photographing abandoned buildings in Italy is always a pleasure. For more visit his website or follow on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. PIC BY Roman Robroek/ Caters News A photographer has captured these eerie scenes of an abandoned mental asylum, which has stood still for over 20 years. These spaces carry history beyond the grasp of modern memory, and the sheer opulence of many of them takes us to the same space of mystery and wonder that attracted Roman to these decaying relics of a bygone era.Īll images courtesy of Roman Robroek. These images represent a longing look through the veil of time, leaving it up to the viewer to create the narrative for the thousands of stories that have unfolded. He began to wonder about the people who lived there - what their stories were and why they left. This environmental factor would become the subject of great curiosity for Roman. Throughout his travels photographing buildings, he’d inevitably stumble across a great number of abandoned structures, many of them impressive in scope and size. I can’t be more thrilled to announce that I have won the Art of Building 2016 Photography Competition. Roman’s fascination with these modern day ruins began along with his career in urban photography. My name is Roman, an urban-obsessed and award winning photographer, born and raised in the enchanting South of the Netherlands. What is the story behind those buildings? Who used to live there? What purpose did these objects serve, and why were they abandoned? This curiosity has created a close bond between him and Urban Photography, and Oblivion is the result of the last 10 years, which he spent exploring incredible ghostly locations, trying to answer these endless questions.Dutch photographer Roman Robroek captures some of the most hauntingly beautiful spaces in pristine detail using only natural light. Caters News Agency) Urban explorer Roman Robroek, 29, found his way into houses, farms, villas and castles on trips around Europe and took the haunting pictures. It didnt take long before curiosity struck him. The fatal explosion displaced 300,000 people and caused widespread destruction, damaging buildings up to 20km away on the outskirts of the area. I’m looking forward to participate again next year. Throughout his travels photographing buildings, he’d inevitably stumble across a great number of abandoned structures, many of them impressive in scope and size. When Roman Robroek started his Urban photography journey, he mostly saw empty, abandoned and decayed buildings. I see winning this competition as a great honour and the confirmation that I’m on the right track. He takes unique photos of forgotten and abandoned places all over the world. Roman’s fascination with these modern day ruins began along with his career in urban photography. Roman Robroek is an urban-obsessed and award-winning photographer, born and raised in the enchanting south of the Netherlands. A student who ventured to the school with her friends in 2011 was also possessed after reportedly seeing a red-clothed ghoul, strangling herself and biting a male companion before being restrained. The vestiges of Abkhazia, a country that does not exist, an abandoned power plant turned into a set for Hollywood movies, the Buffer Zone in Cyprus, the ghost city of the Chernobyl disaster, an Art Nouveau theatre in Brussels, a unique 18th-century Italian fortification, the city of Tskaltubo with its waters of immortality, one of the oldest baths in Romania… Once thriving buildings now ravaged by nature and time are the subject of this fascinating book. The ultimate visual reference in urban exploration. Beautiful, haunting photographs of abandoned places around the world.
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