Foliage and Moss Renew Abandoned Sites Around the Globe with Verdant Signs of Life
A prepare restore workshop in Hungary. All pictures © Jonk, shared with permission
Spanning an open-air Taiwanese warehouse to a Cuban theater teeming with vibrant leaves, the websites that Jonathan Jimenez visits are relics of the industries and cultural establishments of the previous. The French photographer, who works as Jonk (beforehand), has cultivated a follow centered on documenting deserted buildings across the globe, lots of which have been cloaked in mosses, lush foliage, and even jungle-like vegetation.
In his most up-to-date assortment, Jonk visits 35 places in 25 international locations and captures the crumbling roofs, peeling facades, and rusted trains of their midst. He compiles the sequence in his seventh guide titled Urbex Monde, which pairs the largely architectural images with notes, histories of the websites, and anecdotes from his encounters in a consideration of nature’s enduring potential to reclaim what people have left behind.
The brand new quantity is out there from Arthaud—notice that the textual content is written in French—and you may observe Jonk’s future travels on Instagram.
A theater in Abkhazia
A home in Montserrat
A automobile graveyard in Sweden
A theater in Cuba
A warehouse in Taiwan
An asylum in Italy
A automobile graveyard in Sweden
A home in Namibia
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