Urban Exploration Photography: A guide to creating and editing images of abandoned places

Introduction

The term “urban exploration”—aka UrbEx and UE—sounds like it should be pretty self-explanatory. The term, however, has morphed and mutated from its literal meaning. Today, it represents a community of people who like to explore and photograph man-made structures that have been abandoned or are off-limits to the general public.

Despite varied definitions, nine times out of ten when people mention urban exploration, they are talking about entering abandoned buildings to take pictures. Other popular activities that fall under the UrbEx definition are draining (exploring drains), craning (climbing cranes), and infiltration (exploring active buildings). My expertise resides with abandoned buildings, so this book focuses on that subject ...