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I've been into exploring abandoned and derelict places for a while now. I guess it started when i was young. As a kid i used to play around in abandoned warehouses in the old shipyard area of my home village (Wivenhoe, UK), and as i got older my friends and I would use the same old warehouses to build ramps to ride our bmxs in. Those warehouses are gone now, along with the history of the shipyard buildings, and have been replaced with modern disposable housing. But the memories remain. My rekindled interest in photography has drawn me back to abandoned places and i have now visited quite a few. I enjoy the exploring and discovering of buildi

Many people will have heard of morbidthegrim (https://www.deviantart.com/morbidthegrim), and seen his wonderful photos. I have been watching him nearly since i started on here, and many of his photos become instant favourites of mine. Anyway, he has not had much luck recently with his camera gear, when he mistakenly dropped it in a lake: http://morbidthegrim.deviantart.com/journal/27757359/ A couple of people have come up with the idea that if many people chip in a small amount each then it will all add up so that Mike can replace his lost camera gear & continue to create amazing photos: http://morbidthegrim.deviantart.com/journal/27790191/ Please visit this link and help Mike

So i commented on this photo yesterday http://mindwarp2.deviantart.com/art/Still-Standing-136777162 as it is a local place i visited last week and took some recent photos. I logged back on to dA in the evening to find a few fav messages, a devwatch, and astonishingly i had been given a premium membership! I must thank fineartbyandrewdavid (https://www.deviantart.com/fineartbyandrewdavid) again for this unexpected gift! Please check out his gallery, there are really nice images & animations there, such as this: :thumb65912278: I plan to visit more abandoned places soon for more eerie/haunting photos. Wish me luck! Ant