URBEX

Urban exploration, commonly known as urbex, is the practice of exploring abandoned, off-limits, or hidden human-made structures. This activity often takes place in locations that have been forgotten by time, including abandoned buildings, underground tunnels, rooftops, sewers, and other restricted or hard-to-access areas. While some urban explorers are motivated by curiosity and the thrill of discovery, others engage in urbex as a way to document these decaying spaces through photography, videos, and storytelling, preserving the history and atmosphere of places that would otherwise be lost to nature and neglect.

Urbex is about uncovering forgotten stories hidden in decaying structures. Every abandoned place has a past—factories that once powered cities, homes left frozen in time, asylums with silent hallways. These spaces are more than ruins; they are remnants of history slowly fading away. What makes urbex truly captivating is the way time and nature reclaim these places. Peeling paint, collapsed ceilings, trees growing through cracked floors—there’s a haunting beauty in the way decay transforms once-thriving spaces. The contrast between man-made structures and nature taking over creates breathtaking, almost surreal scenes that feel frozen between past and present. I explore and document abandoned locations to preserve their stories before they are lost forever. Through photography and storytelling, these forgotten places live on. Urbex isn’t just about the thrill of discovery—it’s about respect, curiosity, and seeing beauty where most only see decay.

The following activity presents various risks, including both physical danger and the possibility of arrest and punishment.