PhotoWorks · Abandoned Places

These pictures were taken in an old coal mine in Angers.

Old abandoned buildings, rusty machines... They remind us of times gone by. Men had to work hard there under most difficult conditions, probably with low salary and great dangers.

There has been a kind of revival recently: Urbex! The facilities have become an El Dorado for photographers and graffiti artists. Many have left their mark. Good and not so good.

I wanted to work with nudes here. This makes the contrast to the old days extreme, it could hardly be greater.

Most of the images came out of the camera as you can see them here. I digitally edited some of them as combinations of several photos. I also digitally removed some inappropriate graffiti.

But everything on site remained as it was. We did not make any changes to the existing infrastructure - a principle of enthusiastic Urbex-ers.

You can see preview images here. Click on one to see it larger. Another click will take you to the next image.

Here is a compilation of more photos as a Video.