Night Vision: night photos of urban ruins from the creator of Lost America

Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 28, 2008 8:15 AM | permalink

Troy Paiva's Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration is a stunning collection of "light-painted" night photography from a variety of modern ruins: ghost towns, abandoned mass-transit stations, an airplane graveyard and others. Paiva places dramatic colored lights in the scene to bring out its essential spookiness, something that is often missing from photos of glorious old ruins. The book includes an intro from BLDGBLOG's Geoff Manaugh and copious notes on the different sites ("TOADS" -- temporary, obsolete, abandoned and derelict spaces) that Paiva and his fellow urban explorers visited (Paiva also includes colorful, curmudgeonly grumps about the damned film location and set people who sex up his ruins by adding extra graffiti and so on). You can see more of Paiva's work on his site, Lost America, which chronicles his serious nighttime infiltration habit. Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration

posted in:

Favorite this! ( 5 )

Older Winged cats discovered in western China

Newer Judge orders woman to return two library books or go to jail

Discussion

Take a look at this

#1 posted by Marley9 , August 28, 2008 8:38 AM

Today is the 30 day anniversary of this being on BB already.

Take a look at this

#2 posted by geo the moose , August 28, 2008 8:56 AM

well maybe it will come around again in another 30 and someone who didnt see it before (like me) will... and have their day embigenned.
BoingBoing- a directory of (sometimes repeating- & thats ok)) wonderful things

Take a look at this

#3 posted by pewma