“ I was born in 1977 in Eindhoven, located in the south of The
Netherlands. Although it’s not my profession, I’ve been experimenting with
photography ever since I was a kid. After a diversity of photography directions
(Landscapes, Sports, Concerts), I discovered Urbex photography.
Urbex, short for Urban Exploring is according to Wikipedia:
The examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or
industrial facilities. So basically visiting and photographing abandoned
buildings, tunnels, industry, castles etc. Most of my shots are HDR shots,
short for High Dynamic Range. HDR is perfect for low light locations but it has
to be subtle. Besides Urbex, I have this crazy stairs addiction. I can spend
hours underneath a staircase just to take that one awesome shot. A stairwell or
an atmospheric urbex shot can turn into something very special, almost a piece
of art. That’s the exactly what I want to show people; the beauty of decay, the
Art of Urbex. “ ~ Niki Feijen
Photographer Niki Feijen specialises in urban exploration;
capturing boarded-up buildings and decaying farm houses
Images reveal furniture and clothes that remain in decaying
homes where owners have long since departed
By KERRY MCDERMOTT
PUBLISHED: 09:07 GMT, 30 April 2013 | UPDATED: 06:57 GMT, 1
May 2013
From the pile of books in the bedside cabinet to the neatly
folded duvet, this bedroom looks almost ready for its owner to turn in for the
night.
Aside, that is, from the peeling walls, patches of damp, and
the thick layer of filth shrouding everything in the room.
The eerie photograph is part of a series by Dutch
photographer Niki Feijen, who has captured furniture, ornaments and clothes
frozen in time in homes where the owners have long since departed.
The photographer specialises in urban exploration; going
beyond 'do not enter' signs to document boarded-up houses and dilapidated
buildings across western Europe.
His Disciple of Decay series features abandoned family homes
that must once have been filled with conversation and laughter, but now house
only the crumbling belongings of their former occupants.
One picture shows a bedroom that remains almost exactly as
it was left, from the paintings hanging on the walls, to a television on a
chest of drawers and a lace covering on the dressing table.
Another reveals a darkened living room with ornaments lining
a sideboard, and a pair of shoes resting on the floor in front of an empty
armchair.
Other images capture buildings in far worse states of
repair, from the crumbling ceiling in a once-grand piano room, to a rotting
table and chairs in an abandoned farmhouse.
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Empty: The bed is still covered by a neatly folded duvet in
this abandoned farm house - but it's unlikely anybody would want to sleep in it
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Frozen in time: The occupants of this abandoned farm house
are long gone, but their belongings remain; from the paintings hanging on the
walls to the neatly made bed
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Remains of a life: An old-fashioned baby carriage stands
before a smeared window in an empty building that once housed a young family
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Forlorn: A pair of shoes sit in front of an empty armchair
and ornaments remain above the fireplace in this abandoned home
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Religious: Layers of blankets remain on the bed in the empty
farmhouse, which is still surrounded by crosses and statues of Jesus belonging
to its former owner
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Faded grandeur: Dutch photographer Niki Feijen specialises
in urban exploration; capturing the abandoned and decaying buildings that lie
behind 'do not enter' signs
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Remnants of family life: A table and chairs discovered inside
what was once the dining room of this now dilapidated farmhouse in western
Europe
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Grand: The photographer captured the soaring glass ceiling
and detailed brickwork of this vast abandoned building
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Ghostly: This eerie photograph captures the dusty pews and
peeling walls inside a boarded up church
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Disused: Ignore the dust, dirt and peeling walls, and this
room is almost ready for a family to sit down to a cup of tea
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Old-fashioned: Many of the buildings captured in the series
are dotted with items left behind by their former owners
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Mould: Beds feature heavily in the Disciple of Decay series,
as do religious pictures and crosses
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Ready to move in: Aside from the slightly peeling walls,
this still-grand room is in almost perfect condition
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Crumbling: Mr Feijen, 35, who has been experimenting with
photography since he was a child, said he also has an obsession with taking
pictures of staircases
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Well-loved: A dusty toy doll sits in a decaying leather
armchair in front of a stained glass window
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Former splendour: Sunlight beaming through holes in the roof
highlights the faded grandeur of this dilapidated building
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