Paintings by Mark Demsteader
World’s Most Beautiful Abandoned Places
Italian product manager and web designer Francesco Mugnai recently added a collection of images to his blog touting some of the most beautiful images of abandoned spots and modern ruins that he’d ever seen. The images Mugnai has captured come from empty castles, shuttered power plants, and dilapidated churches around the world. From a sunken yacht in Antarctica to a forever-closed amusement park in Japan, these images all make up a sort of anti-phoenix; rather than rising as new from the ashes, these husks remain preserved in decomposition, forcing viewers to confront the strange beauty of ruination.
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Recognize these photos? If you’ve seen Star Wars, you probably do.
This the abandoned set of Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home planet. A photographer accidentally stumbled upon the set, which sits in the Tunisian desert. They sit in perfect stillness, at the crest of the Sahara Desert, eaten away by dust and sand.
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Irene Suchocki - Paris
Vintage National Geographic images, via
- Female beluga whale in Cunningham Inlet, Canada, 1994
- Prekestolen over Lyse Fjord in Norway, 1957
- Macaws in the Peruvian rain forest, 1994
- Castelo de Pena near Sintra, Portugal, 1965
- Solar eclipse, 1970
- The Royal Danish Ballet, 1974
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