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Urban exploration;

is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment.

Before the advent of a definition for a non-conformist act in itself I would never have considered myself to be an 'Urban Explorer'. There is simply a certain allure towards an abandoned or derelict structure that appeals to the curious mind, something I have felt for as long as I can remember. 

 

For me it is not the adrenaline of gaining entry, but merely being present in a place you would never ordinarily have been. A place where someone lived or thousands of people have been before you to work or play, now there is only you.   

 

The history of such a place leaves behind an atmosphere that can only be described by experience. In documenting these places we are passing on a sign of our times, through industrialisation to recession, and re-building.

 

What follows are my exploits in discovering a world unseen by most, laying right before our eyes.

 

Take only photographs, leave only footprints.

 

Esoteric Eric.