A fine Urban photographer.

Urban, or urban exploration, photography has been profiled here before. One notable instance is the work of Jonathan Haeber, a photographer who would search out abandoned sites – homes, factories, the Catskills – and document their sad demise.

A fine practitioner in this genre is the pseudonymously named Seph Lawless whose site contains many fine examples of his urban work.

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Yje use of light, especially in some of the high contrast images, is especially noteworthy. The series on abandoned malls illustrates the nature of America well. When something better comes along – Amazon – abandon what you have and let it rot. A sense of caring for the spirit of place is not an American thing.