Bill Brandt Gallery entrance Pigment Prints Silver Prints Platinum Prints London Sewers & London's Main Drainage | sub-urban.com Home - Subterranea Britannica 'Tower of David' Venezuela: the world's tallest slum in incredible images - Americas Intended to be a jewel in the crown of a shining new financial district, the incomplete building was abandoned in around 1994 when its developer died. By 2007, squatters had seized what had become a huge concrete skeleton. Now, residents regard the “Tower of David” as a safe haven from the violence and turf warfare that blights the capital’s street-level slums. While the first 28 floors were sufficiently completed to be habitable, squatters have had to brick up dangerous open spaces, and put in their own basic plumbing, electrical and water systems. A co-operative and floor delegates help to manage the tower, and see that communal corridors are kept freshly-polished, and rules and rotas are adhered to. Loading gallery In pictures: 'Tower of David' - the world's tallest slum 1 of 16 Read more: Venezuela's ex-Miss Universe in shocking protest campaign A 200 bolivar ($32) a month “condominium” fee sees the tower’s residents co-fund 24-hour security patrols. ”Who needs to go the Hilton?
The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World UK Urban Exploration | Documenting the Decay PHOTO : Les 33 plus beaux lieux abandonnés dans le monde 9 May 2014 Bien des endroits à travers la Terre ont, autrefois connu la civilisation. Si l’homme s’est emparé du monde, il a aussi abandonné des milliers de lieux qui recèlent bien des mystères à l’heure d’aujourd’hui. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. + de news Evasion New England Ruins - Home Ghostsigns Saul Leiter - Saul Leiter: 1950-60s color and black-and-white Saul Leiter started shooting color and black-and-white street photography in New York in the 1940s. He had no formal training in photography, but the genius of his early work was quickly acknowledged by Edward Steichen, who included Leiter in two important MoMA shows in the 1950s. MoMA’s 1957 conference “Experimental Photography in Color” featured 20 color photographs by Leiter. After that, however, Leiter's personal color photography was, for the most part, not shared with the public. The first European retrospective of Saul Leiter's street photography is taking place right now at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Leiter, who is 84 and still quite active, came to Paris for the opening of his show. “I started out as a fashion photographer. “I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. Art critic Roberta Smith wrote in 2005: “Mr. The book by Steidl is stellar. — Jim Casper
Infiltration Penetrating the Paris Catacombs: Level One We were told to dress in inconspicuous clothing, wear sturdy boots and gloves, bring food supplies, an ID in case of arrest and a rosary in case of the unimaginable. We met our host to the underworld whose name will remain Mr. X, at a location I can’t reveal. And down the rabbit hole we went … As soon as Mr. Scrambling down the ladder, stepping on each other’s fingers in a race to find the bottom that we won’t reach for another twenty meters… My heartbeat finally begins to slow down as I hear Alex jump to the ground. They can’t get us down here, they wouldn’t dare follow anyway. Taking in our immediate surroundings; the medieval carvings on the wall left by limestone miners long ago and the graffiti tags left by cataphyles of yesterday, Mr. But what is a cataphyle? Probably the better question is, how do you become a cataphyle? Mr. Basic Level One Guidelines: Leave no trace. And we’re off, guided by Mr. Well, it looks like we’ll have to turn back… And in under fifteen seconds flat, Mr. Mr.