Header photo: Let Us Sit a While and Pier at the Moon by photographer Porlus

Derelict places can be both eerie and beautiful. Whether you photograph abandoned places or use them as a backdrop for your photoshoot, urban decay images can add another dimension to your portfolio.

A fabulous demonstration of this is the black-and-white collection of Abandoned Places in America by photographer Keith Dotson, which includes shops, houses, cars and even entire towns.

This short guide by Shotkit provides everything you need to know about urban exploration (aka urbex), including how to find locations to shoot in, the type of camera gear you'll need, safety tips, legal issues to consider, and the golden rule for urban exploration: "take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints".

We hope you enjoy this collection of urban decay images on PurplePort!

#1


The beauty in the ugly by photographer LightAndShape


#2


Up and over in black and white. by model tigerbelle


#3


Mind The Gap! by model Alexandra Mount


#4


Can't relax yet by model Mog


#5


Lonely Dancer by photographer Ewald Vorberg


#6


Michael at Severalls Asylum by photographer Neil Jolley


#7


Black Dress Series - Shapes by photographer Dag Nammett


#8


Death by stereo.. by model Silk


#9


Elements of Nature by photographer Eamonn Farrell


#10


Drape by model Arabella


#11


All these things That I've done by model Everly Rose


#12


diablo by photographer David Craig Ellis


#13


The Urbex Ballerina by photographer SparkeyB


#14


Holding up!! by model Darren S


#15


Dreaming by photographer F/22 Photography


#16


In Rainer' Cellar by photographer Ewald Vorberg


#17


The world outside my window by photographer Akays Photography


#18


Image by photographer Anthony Robert


#19


There's a cold dark corner in the back of my room, it speaks to me and says I'm coming for you.… - Blake Duffy by photographer VanEyke


#20


Dream Harvest by model Pixxie Satine


#21


Window by photoshop wizard RVNRetouch


#22


And She Stayed There by photographer Mmmfire Photography


#23


24-7-2016 Carnival Girl by model Misuzu


#24


Surrounding Circles.. by model Silk


#25


Sorry! We're Closed by photographer RHM.Photo


#26


Mind the gap..... by model tigerbelle


#27


Leaf by photographer David Craig Ellis


#28


The Three Sisters by model Everly Rose


#29


Image by model tigerbelle


#30


Missouri or Rust by photographer RHM.Photo


#31


This Wreckage I call Me... by photographer AlternativeCapture


#32


November 2018 by model Misuzu


#33


Let Us Sit a While and Pier at the Moon by photographer Porlus


#34


Blue and Green by photographer Dag Nammett


#35


The library by model Darren S


#36


Isolation by photographer Fantasy Dabblers


#37


Trucked by photographer RHM.Photo


#38


In clara solis 7 by photographer Ghost Light Photography


#39


Strike a pose by model skycladpixie


#40


Graveyard of the Red Phone box by photographer Photographer Gino Cinganelli


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Scarlett dress by photographer Trond M. Skaret


#42


The diver. by model tigerbelle


#43


Burning down the house by photographer WandaMash


#44


Urbex Avenue! by model Darren S


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Leaf by photographer David Craig Ellis


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My little broken eggs.. by model Silk


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Stuck Inside by photographer Fantasy Dabblers


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