Urban and rural photographic exploration
The photographers
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The photographers
Ratimir Knežević
Living in Croatia, Ratimir Knežević is a 46 years old photographer. His playground? People's attitudes towards nature and people's attitude towards other people.
Jessica Devnani
Jessica is a travel photographer and videographer originally from Toronto, Canada. She has set foot on 6 different continents and her camera has accompanied her every step of the way.
Eve-Marie Roy
Passionated by the rural heritage, Eve-Marie travel through country roads, looking for subjects for her lens.
Nadine Martin
Amateur Photographer, Nadine Martin loves travelling around the world and have found in photography the perfect tool to express the beauty of the world.
Emile Gauthier
Emile Gauthier is a Montreal based street photographer, electronic musician and DJ. He finds beauty in the chaos of the streets, in strange locations and in people he spontaneously meets. His first notable works include a visit at the legendary abandoned Studio available here.
AV-Voices
As a recently urbexer, Florian is a film maker and a photography lover. Born in the Charente, he is now living in Paris.
Jarold Dumouchel
Jarold is an urbexer since 2004. Almost half of the sites he visited have been razed, burned or renovated. On a professional level, he is a senior websites developer.
Roms
Photographer and graphist, Roms, 28 years old, lives in Paris. Urbex lover, he was assistant to several photographers before starting on his own in 2013.
Sous l'Oeil de Sylvie
Known as "Under the Eye of Sylvie," Sylvie is passionate by photography and learn by herself since 2007. She lives in Beauce and likes to get out of her comfort zone to explore her creativy and her artist side. She uses Pentak bodies and a small Pentax G11 converted to IR.
Kenneth Shinabery
Illustrator and Art Director in Dusseldorf in Germany, Kenneth Shinabery is coming from New York. Discovering forgotten places via Urban Exploration for me is like unearthing a "Lost Playground", he said.
Erwan Gavelle
Recently moved in Quebec, Erwan Gavelle is passionnate by photography and urbex. From France to USA and Belgium, he prefers the locations loaded of history like castles, mansion and houses.
Kendrah Eff
Ontario based, Kendrah is a Urban Explorer, a zombie fanatic and a blog artist. She is been Exploring, documenting, and photographing abandonment since late 2012. Urbex is her specialty, everything else is for fun.
Ibai Cabrero Aransay
Born in the Basque Country, Ibai Cabrero Aransay is a amateur photographer from Bilbao. His work is oriented to a metaphoric view, a little piece of history or any picture with something more than beauty.
Pierre Bourgault
Full time professional freelance photographer who lives to capture the moment. Often waiting for the right time and the right light, he prefers capturing real emotions as they happen, whether it be a live show, a wedding or a family on an outing in the city. He is usually found shooting live bands in major venues around Montreal, he also has...
Le soldat inconnu
The Soldat inconnu is a group of passionates about the image. Although all subjects are conducive to photograph, they have a marked preference for abandoned places because they have an history. Accomplices in life and behind the camera, the urbex is an important part of their photographic activity. From shooting to post-production, they have a...
Clément Delarue
Living in St-Malo, France, Clement is a professionnal photographer who shot wedding and sports.
David Ouellette
Québec photographer, David was 13 years old when he first started shooting pictures and printing in his high school's darkroom. At 24 when all his photography gear was stolen, he will have to wait more than 20 years before reigniting his passion for photography.
Antonio Delgado Pinto “MALATAO”
Antonio Delgado Pinto “MALATAO” lives in the south of Spain (Huelva). He works as a music teacher in a elementary school and he is also a musician for the Arca de Buey band. As a non-professional photographer, his playground cover south of Spain and also Portugual.
El Intruso
Part art director, part amateur photographer but all urban explorer, El Intruso has been part of the urbex scene for several years. Residing somewhere in the Northeast United States, he can most often be found shooting asylums, prisons, industrial sites, and anywhere there is beauty to be found in decay.
Louis Seventy-nine
Graphic designer and professional studio photographer, Louis 79 loves these artistic photos when trash mets Art. He never photoshope his pictures, it is a purist and an argentic lover.
Melissa Maresca
Known as Fractured Porcelain Photography
Melissa is a photographer from Poughkeepsie, NY.
Diane Landro
Recently moved back in Beacon, Diane Landro is a photographer from Dutchess County, New York.
Frédéric Ansermoz
Photographer / Explorer
Started digital photography as a leisure activity in 2001, Frédéric specializes himself in wildlife, nature and abandoned places photography. On a professional level, it is a Senior website developer with extensive knowledge of web and mobile technologies.
Julien April
Musician in the group Tuke, Julien April went visited the abandoned plant in St-Hubert to create the cover of "Voluptatem", the next album of the band. He have a Nikon D50 and a Fujifilm Finepix AX500.
Guy Hamelin
Born in the Monteregie area, Guy Hamelin is a photographer who now lives in the Quebec area.
Sam Morley
Sam Morley is a teacher on the South Shore of Quebec, whose love of exploring abandoned places comes from her geography and history background.
Thomas Lattelais
Urbex photographer since 2009, Thomas Lattelais has a passion for medical and industrial places. Preferring to work in black and white for some time, he practices his art in the north of France.
About Urbex playground
First of all, Urbex Playground is about urban and rural photography lovers. It is the respect of the places we have visited and to whom we have a great admiration. Of its contents, Urbex Playground wishes to preserve the memory of these abandoned, destroyed or dilapidated places who have made the glory of our fathers and which today we have, alas, not enough compassion.
We are not vandals or people necessarily involved in the preservation of these places. We do not pretend to believe that our pictures will change anything in the future of these churches, factories, homes and other abandoned buildings. We're just passionate about the image in the perpetual quest for new photographic challenges.
Urbex Playground is not a photo club, any more than we are touristic guides for these forbidden places. Moreover, in any case, Urbex Playground do not invites you to visit these places without the consent of its owners. These places are dangerous and by entering into these places, legal actions can be taken against you.
However, if you have pictures or information about any abandoned places, do not hesitate to contact us. We will be glad to publish them on the site, including your credit with your name and your website. Like this, our visitors will be able to visite your own website. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
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