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Looking down from the top of a circular tower, a wide spiral staircase descends, winding around ball lamps that hang from the centre. The image is reminiscent of an eye.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/20.0 f/2.0 320ISO

A vertical, wide-angle shot beginning at the bottom of a narrow staircase, ascending to an open door set in large frame with a triangular lintel. Two large, round skylights above illuminate the scene, with algae growth tinting the flaking walls a yellowy-green.

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Canon EOS 1100D 10mm

2s f/5.6 100ISO

A largely intact castle fills the scene. A hodgepodge of turrets, towers and crenellated walls emerge from a hillside of trees, variously hidden by branches or covered in moss and creeping plants.

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Canon EOS 1100D 23mm

1/100.0 f/6.3 100ISO

An extreme close up shot of the switches and buttons of a dusty old control panel.

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Canon EOS 1100D 39mm

1/2.0 f/5.0 800ISO

Light streams in through an octagonal skylight set into a vaulted ceiling, one quarter of which is green and water damaged with a gaping hole, while the rest still has almost pristine ornamental cornicing. Twisted wrought iron banisters wrap the landing and descend the stairs.

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Canon EOS 1100D 10mm

1/60.0 f/4.5 100ISO

Ferns and buddleia carpet the ground of an alley between two worn brick buildings. At the centre, a walled and roofed bridge crosses the gap on the upper floor. It is half coated in the green of moss and algae, its intact window panes are milky with age and dust.

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Canon EOS 1100D 18mm

1/60.0 f/5.6 800ISO ⚡️

A metal staircase wound in a tight spiral descends into a circular structure below, no bottom is visible, the steps simply disappear into blackness.

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Canon EOS 1100D 18mm

1/8.0 f/8.0 800ISO

In the middle of a wood, across a river, a low stone building is almost completely swallowed by ivy and obscured by trees. The slate roof is missing shingles and is beginning to sag and collapse.

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Canon EOS 1100D 24mm

1/40.0 f/4.0 320ISO

Two curious round brick structures emerge from the grass, each is topped with a dome and set with regularly spaced tunnel entrances. Ferns grow at their edges, creeping plants coat their walls and scrubby grasses are beginning to coat their rooves.

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Canon EOS 1100D 39mm

1/80.0 f/6.3 100ISO

A girl stands in a bare bedroom at the centre of the shot glancing sidelong at the camera, framed by faded pink walls that are beginning to mould. Soft light filters in through a large window, offering a glimpse of dense shrubbery in the garden beyond.

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Canon EOS 1100D 20mm

1/20.0 f/5.6 200ISO

This shot is twisted sideways, showing a long corridor extending through the smashed reinforced glass of a fire door. A broken section of ceiling lights a small band of the corridor dramatically before it plunges into darkness at the end.

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Canon EOS 1100D 10mm

1/2.0 f/4.0 100ISO

A close up of smooth, translucent blue glass that has half melted and appears to ooze over the edge of its rusty, fire damaged frame.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/33.0 f/2.0 125ISO

A fern grows on a rotten windowsill, fronds reaching towards the cracked glass. The bright, lively green stands out against the brown and grey, dingy surroundings

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Canon EOS 1100D 30mm

1/30.0 f/4.5 800ISO

A close up of an old computer keyboard, most of its keys are missing and the few that remain are coated in a fine network of cobwebs.

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Canon EOS 1100D 39mm

1/15.0 f/6.3 1600ISO

A wall of bright green leaves is visible beyond a church lancet window, vines of ivy are just beginning to reach around to the wall inside, glass lies on the pew below.

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Canon EOS 1100D 16mm

1/60.0 f/7.1 800ISO

Soft, yellow light filters in through windows, illuminating an empty room in a mill. A staircase disappears upwards, each step is worn in the middle from countless steps and is piled high with dust.

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Canon EOS 1100D 27mm

1/40.0 f/8.0 1000ISO

A workshop, a sink lies upside down on the floor beside the stop on the wall it used to occupy. Above the workbench, pale morning light streams in through the windows, illuminating everything a soft blue.

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Canon EOS 1100D 16mm

1/3.0 f/9.0 400ISO

A large, brown glass bottle labelled

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Canon EOS 1100D 55mm

1/60.0 f/5.6 400ISO

A long view down what was once a corridor in a stone manor. The floor is now covered in a layer of soil, moss and ferns thrive at the edges. At the end of the corridor is the bright green of the surrounding woods.

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Canon EOS 1100D 20mm

1/4.0 f/9.0 800ISO

A tarnished metal teapot and accompanying blue mug sit on a cupboard, there are rusty nails all along the side of it for hanging tools or tea towels.

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Canon EOS 1100D 23mm

1/30.0 f/3.5 200ISO

A wood panelled office with a dirt floor. Moss grows over the last remaining drawer in a filing cabinet and over the ground, among ferns and other small plants. Everything reaches for the light streaming in through the window.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/20.0 f/2.0 250ISO

Light flows in through a large fan covered with mesh, it illuminates the red top of a stool, the only bit of colour in the picture.

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Canon EOS 1100D 16mm

1s f/8.0 400ISO

A kitchen side covered in broken glass and chunks of plaster, all coated in algae and moss. At the windowsill, plants grow from the edge of the tile and reach for the broken window.

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Canon EOS 1100D 29mm

1/80.0 f/6.3 100ISO

A stone staircase with ornate iron bannisters, the walls are yellowed and cracked where panelling used to be.

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Canon EOS 1100D 10mm

6s f/5.6 400ISO

The corner of a room, on one side is a thick blue door surrounded by peeling paint; on the other, countless tendrils of brambles spill in through a large window.

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Canon EOS 1100D 18mm

1/40.0 f/3.5 640ISO

An empty yard leads to a derelict factory building missing most of its roof. A painting by street artist Phlegm features a hooded figure holding a telescope which spans the width of the building.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

Looking down from what would be the top floor of a now hollow building. A bundled mattress and an old fridge lie on the floor while buddleia grows around them. Dry, dead branches reach in through the empty windows.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

An elevated view of the whole site from within. On the left, a three-storey building with a swathe of missing brickwork forming a huge arch. Straight ahead, the building I started in joins it to form an L shape. Green double doors are just visible on the upper floor.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/1667.0 f/2.0 100ISO

Left side of the wall. A tangle of 3 inch thick roots supplants a section of the brickwork.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

Centre of the wall. Roots either side of the middle have pushed out bricks, forming an unsteady pyramid five courses high. A gnarled trunk reaches from the left to sit atop it.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

Right side of the wall. Looking straight along it, the buddleia is thicker than a brick is high.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

The main building is visible with new scaffold supports. In front of it is a mound of rubble and plants which have been cleared away. The other building is visible on the right side, half hidden by buddleia. A digger sits between the two.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/833.0 f/2.0 100ISO

Looking down at the side building, the dilapidated roof is missing tiles, the skylights have no glass. One full storey of it is painted with a 'MR WOLF' roller piece

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HTC One X 4mm

1/833.0 f/2.0 100ISO

Inside an upstairs room, cracked plaster and peeling floor tiles. The whole wall has been hastily painted in green emulsion and then a clean, wildstyle

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HTC One X 4mm

1/50.0 f/2.0 100ISO

Looking down through the hole at the empty shell of the adjoining building. Rusted strip light fittings still hang from the rafters. Where the sunlight reaches inside, plants have crept in from the yard.

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HTC One X 4mm

1/154.0 f/2.0 100ISO

Looking up to the top of a lift shift, the pulleys and beams are rusted with age. Sunlight streams in through gaps in the corrugated sheeting covering the tops of the walls.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

290ISO

A plywood quarterpipe skate ramp painted with a

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

82ISO

Two more plywood quarterpipes form a little run, everything here is covered in toy graffiti.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

114ISO

A tangle of razorwire covers mossy brickwork.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

156ISO

The missing section of fencing lies in the shallow river, partially submerged.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

Looking down the river which runs below street level, a high sloped wall rises to the left and trees loom over both sides.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

74ISO

Looking up the river, a channel is cut into this section and water is flowing down it rapidly. There is a tangle of dead wood and debris on the right.

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HTC Wildfire S 3mm

97ISO