When I stumbled upon this photo essay of a deserted Japanese island it reminded me of how this type of photography fascinates me.  I wonder who once inhabited them. They'll always capture my imagination. Since there's so many great photographers on this board I figured I'd share some links.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/gallery/eerie-images-reveal-crumbling-remains-9947435

 

From NY Times - North Brother Island

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/magazine/isle-of-no-man.html

 

 

From Sir Lounge Urban Photography - abandoned power plant

http://www.slrlounge.com/urban-photography-abandoned-buildings-dan-marbaix/

 

From Smithsonian - Beijing amusement park

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/17-amazing-photographs-of-abandoned-places-180949341/

From Bangkok Post - The Ghost Tower

 

 

Other pics and full article:

http://property.bangkokpost.com/news/1208209/20-years-on-ghost-tower-haunts-city

One of my areas of interest, I have a category "urban decay" in my blog.

http://christianpfc.blogspot.de/search/label/urban%20decay

 

 

Ruins photography, sometimes called ruin porn,^[1] is a recent movement in photography that takes the decline of the built-environment (cities, buildings, infrastructure) as its subject.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruins_photography