Abandoned Photography: the eyesore on the corner, the creepy abandoned places you pass on the back-roads, these are the abandoned buildings with the boarded up windows.
To most people not into abandoned photography, abandoned buildings are just an ugly passing sight on a drive with little to no thought or consideration given. But have you ever wondered what it looks like inside these abandoned places?
Abandoned Buildings come in all shapes, sizes and styles. To me all abandoned photography helps tell a different story, whether you make that story up in your own head or if you piece all the parts of a story together. Maybe the story is right there in front of you, all abandoned buildings have a history.
My hope is that my abandoned photography will help to tell these stories.
Something most people also don’t notice, or wouldn’t know of is the beauty in the decay of an abandoned building. Behind those boarded up doors and windows of these abandoned houses are winding staircases, furniture, decorative fixtures. The many years of multiple layers of paint, when decay sets in each layer peels away, unveiling a kaleidoscope of colours and it all makes for amazing abandoned photography.
These photos don’t usually need much post-processing: you can shoot in raw and use a raw image convertor after to make small adjustments and reveal the true beauty of abandoned photography to the maximum.
Wallpaper, years of wallpaper peeling away that reveals two, three, four, five layers of wallpaper. What I’ve come to admire about the abandoned house is what I call the pieces of life left behind, the mystery of what caused this home or business, once full of life to become dark and vacant. Many abandoned houses are completely empty, some still hold a few hints of the lives lived many years ago and some, for whatever reason still hold almost all of the relics and trinkets and pieces of everyday life.
Below is an ongoing gallery of some of my favorite abandoned photography from my explores of abandoned and derelict places all over Ontario, New York State, Michigan State and beyond. To the right of the page is a menu where you can take a visual tour of the many abandoned places I have photographed.
Abandoned Photography by Freaktography
The scene found upon entering a back room of a large abandoned church explored on a recent road trip. Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Hands down the best location we visited on our recent road trip, RiddimRyder and I arrived at this abandoned cathedral at around 1am after a very long drive. We checked the place out and decided to abort our plan to sleep inside the church as there was nothing to support the weight of us and our hammocks. We woke up very early after only a couple of hours of sleep, made our entrance in the light and spent a solid two hours exploring and shooting this unbelievable location. I love the colous in this room and the few simple things left behind. Stay tuned for so much more from this incredible abandoned cathedral. Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
****Warning – Sensitive Subject Matter****** If you are upset by, offended by or sensitive to photos of coffins or the subject of death,this post and my posts this week are not for you. I have tried to warn you that some of this weeks images will be shocking, offensive and may stir up some bad feelings for some. If this content is upsetting to you, I suggest you come back next week. “Yesterday seems as though it never existed Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye” Inside the prep room where the deceased were embalmed and dressed up for their viewing. On the top left you can see the embalming equipment, you also see body bags on the shelf. Stay tuned (or don’t) for more from this location all week. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography ____________________________________________________
Embalminmg Machine Abandoned Funeral Home
Abandoned Funeral Home Open Casket
Open Casket in Abandoned Funeral Home Full gallery at https://freaktography.com/abandoned-funeral-home-urban-exploring/
Child Casket abandoned funeral home
Abandoned Funeral Home Casket and Bible Full Gallery at https://freaktography.com/abandoned-funeral-home-urban-exploring/ Or see the link on my Instagram Profile. www.instagram.com/freaktography
Two abandoned cars nestled in the woods next to an old abandoned house in Ontario, Canada.
Casket and Chapel in Abandoned Funeral Home
An popular abandoned house that has been photographed many times by many photographers and abandoned enthusiasts from the province. I’m glad to add my name to that list! Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography ____________________________________________________
This bedrom in this old abandoned house is what gave it it’s name “Sexy Retreat”, see the mirror on the ceiling above the bed? Abandoned for around 15 years this gem was hard to find and so wekk hidden it’s no surprise it’s in the condition it’s in. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography ____________________________________________________
An abandoned time capsule house discovered in 2017 by RiddimRyder and Freaktography. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography ____________________________________________________
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The great ting about going deep into the rural areas to seek abandonments is that when you find them, they haven’t been vandalized because there is hardly anyone around to do so. Such is the case with this pristine small abandoned church aloing the deep backroads of Ontario. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography _________________________________________________
As a rule in life, I try to not overthink things, keep things simple and easy. Except for when it comes to my daily photo post selection. I spend far too much time looking through galleries, picing out favourites or trying to keep my posts relevant with my latest and most recent explore. The problem with doing that is I leave alot of stuff behind, or stuff never gets posted because it’s not an amazing location, or I went out and found some amazing spot and I get excited and want to share. For the rest of the week, I’m going to try and post some B-Sides, keep things simple and easy!!! Here is a plain scene in an equally plan location from a road trip a while back. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography _________________________________________________
In Case you missed last nights post, I stated a little somehting about myself. As a rule in life, I try to not overthink things, keep things simple and easy. Except for when it comes to my daily photo post selection. I spend far too much time looking through galleries, picking out favourites or trying to keep my posts relevant with my latest and most recent explore. The problem with doing that is I leave alot of stuff behind, or stuff never gets posted because it’s not an amazing location, or I went out and found some amazing spot and I get excited and want to share. For the rest of the week, I’m going to try and post some B-Sides, keep things simple and easy!!! Here is a B-side from an abandoned high school in Stoney Creek Ontario, I believe it’s now been fully demolished…and if it’s not fully gone yet, who cares the place is a disaster! I was here back in the winter but only poted one photo from the audiorium, because it was the most interesting part of the building to me at the time. Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits. ______________________________________________ Follow: www.instagram.com/freaktography Like: www.facebook.com/freaktography Visit: www.freaktography.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography _________________________________________________
Checking out a large abandoned factory late at night. With only a few large windows it was hard to lightpaint and get anything good so we had to return early in the morning to do the place justice. www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
The exact opposite view of the picture I posted this morning from this abandoned church. A fresh find, it was a total surprise when I happened on this large old abandoned church. This photo was taken from the upper balcony level. www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com Also, subscribe to my YouTube page to see videos of the locations I feature here on this page. www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography
“Fall Paper” Wallpaper falling from the walls and ceiling in a small room in an abandoned house in Ontario, Canada. You can see a full video walk-through of this whole house on my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZedTV9X10 www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
There is no telling how much longer this house will be standing upright. This entire wall has fallen and crumbled to the ground exposing two rooms and a hallway. You can see the window on the right ride showing how the house is shifting. As great as it is to shoot an old abandoned home full of contents, it’s just as satisfying to shoot and explore an empty old house such as this one! www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
“To the old rugged cross I will ever be true Its shame and reproach gladly bear Then Hell call me some day to my home far away Where His glory forever I’ll share” A small bedroom in an old abandoned house that was full of surprises. An obviously religious family, with crosses in every room, religious trinkets and documents scattered all over the house. You can see a complete video walkthrough of this abandoned house on my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQURrcX3P4 Also see mobile shots and more at www.instagram.com/freaktography
In this old abandoned house, filled with crosses and furniture and beds and wallpaper it wa hard to get a good clean shot wity straight lines. For one thing, the rooms were small, if I fixed this shot in post to make it straight you would lose half the scene to cropping. So I had to leave the lens distortion in the pic. The house was also crooked so even if I could line things up, it would still be off! So here you get a raw uncropped and distorted scene, besides it’s not alwaya about a great shot – it’s about the experience and bringing it to those who are interested!
This tiny bedroom in an abandoned ontario house had so much to offer an of interest.For starters, the hole in the roof made for an indoor wintery scene as when I started shooting this room large flakes of snow started falling from outside into the room onto the pile below the window.Next, the crumbling drywall on the left and peeling pain on the right.But what I found most interesting was that the wall on the left had at one time been entirely covered with wallpaper that strepped off over time, all but one small square that was covering something, when I pulled off the small strip it was blanketing the metal cross above the bed.You can see a quick and poorly shot video walkthrough of this whole house on my youtube page athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWQURrcX3P4Finally, if you are interested in a ree 8×10 print of one of my photos you can enter you name at this link: https://www.facebook.com/Freaktography/posts/1076211009174210:0
That moment when you discover the power is on in a clearly old and abandoned house in rural ontario
That RiddimRyder, he can be pretty damn clumsy sometimes. You would think that he would know in a post apocalyptic world that he should be a bit more careful. We were out scavenging for food and running from rabid dogs when his big clunky boots got caught on barbed wire. It’s a good thing Freaktography has a medical background and also knows how to tap into the power grid to make X-Ray machines work. He shattered his tibia and his fibula, mangled his patella and had a very bad crack running the length of his femur. It’s safe to say that his exploring career is over and I’ll have to do all heavy lifting when it comes to scavenging Don’t bother checking our RiddimRyders instagram https://www.instagram.com/riddim_ryder/ or Facebook page because he’s now retired. But you can follow me on instagram at www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
The surgical floor in an abandoned, er vacant hospital in Ontario, Canada. This floor seemed to have the most in terms of interesting things to shoot from the xray machine, to operating rooms and delivery rooms. You can see the photos I have posted so far including a video of the autopsy room, morgie and family viewing room on my website at https://freaktography.com/abandoned-hospital-and-autopsy-room/ www.instagram.com/freaktography
Inside an old abandoned church in Ontario Canada
Piano covered in a white sheet for protectrion inside an old abandoned ontario church
This photo was taken in an abandoned house that a page follower sent me recently. It’s a large historic property and it was full of surprises. The home had, what seemed to be secret and hiden rooms when really is was just a large house separated into three living units. One side was only accessible if you wentr in the basement and found the mysterious staircase. The highlight of the house however, was this foyer with the staircase and floor, I spent most of my time here shooting the stairs! More to come from this location. Last night I posted a video and many requested that I post more video walk-throughs, you can subscribe to my YouTube page to see my existing videos and get notified when I post new ones. https://www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography
This foyer in this abandoned house was pitch black except a small amount of light from a red stained glass window. that is above a door behind me. Placing a flashlight on the staircase and one in the room to the right provided the perfect amount of light for this long exposure photograph. This house was put up for heritage status, potentially saving it from demolition but sadly the request was denied and soon this beautiful of stone home will be demolished for a new subdivision. Check out my YouTube page and be sure to subscribe to see videos from inside many of the places you see here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography You can also follow along at www.instagram.com/Freaktography and www.freaktography.com
This old abandoned house just off a main road in a rural Ontario town seems to be being preserved for possible reuse once the new development on the property is built. The home still had power, which is always werid, but also can make for some nice photo ideas. You can watch a terribly poor quality video walkthrouh of this house on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqzYAfWWvfk ALSO – Don’t forget to get in on my free calendar and 8×10 print giveaway at this link here: https://www.facebook.com/Freaktography/posts/1061397627322215
A very well worn and well used staircase in an abandoned house in rural Ontario, Canada. You can watch a terribly poor quality video walkthrouh of this house on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqzYAfWWvfk ALSO – Don’t forget to get in on my free calendar and 8×10 print giveaway at this link here: https://www.facebook.com/Freaktography/posts/1061397627322215
In an old abandoned house in southwestern Ontario, I found this old green suitcase upstairs in the attic. Sadly, it was empty and nothing interesting was found inside. On my second visit to this house I wanted to capture some new angles and details. You can see much more from this house at https://freaktography.com/70s-house-abandoned-ontario-time-capsule-house/ You can also check out www.instagram.com/freaktography to follow me there
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Driving while exploring can be a very dangerous thing to do, especially when you’re driving with a friend. You’re both chatting and shooting the shit while scanning to the left or right while looking for other abandoned places. While driving between locations on an exploring road trip with RiddimRyder we did just that, luckily we only had a few close calls but no accidents! This scanning for bew abandoned places while driving resulted in a number of unexpected finds, such as this one. A small abandoned house about 100 feet from the road that would have been entirely unseen in the summer. RiddimRyder got a great shot of the exterior, you can see it here on his page, you can also see the exact same shot, since we both shot the exact same scene haha! https://www.facebook.com/RiddimRyderPhotography/posts/1336096229787393:0
Abandoned Ontario TV Game Show Set
As the paint peels all arounf this photo, it still hangs on the wall just as proudly as the day it was hung. A hunter posting with his prized moose, surely a very proud moment for this old hunter to get such prime wall real estate in the dining room area of his now abandoned house. www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
The Greater the Risk, The Greater the Reward. Inside a massive industrial building that had sat idle and mostly vacant for a number of years. This photo was taken nearly a year ago and was one of the most exciting and nerve wracking experiences I have ever had. I’ve heard the location is no longer idle and plans are in place for it’s use. www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
It’s not every day that you get to shoot an old airplane left abandoned in a field!!!!! www.instagram.com/freaktography www.freaktography.com
The latest in my ongoing The Huffington Post Canada Blog series was published yesterday My blog posts document the many abandoned houses left behind all across Ontario, Canada. This one contains a brand new selection of the derelict and abandoned houses I’ve visited and photographed in my travels around the province and some of my thoughts on why there are so many abandoned houses in the province. Here is the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/freaktography-/abandoned-houses-ontario_b_11299916.html
A baby pram and an abandoned house, taken on a foggy day in Ontario.
Inside an abandoned church in upstate New York
Inside the badly damaged cafeteria in a former canadian mental institution. This was a fun explore as the walk in was long and i was eaten alive by bugs. i had no insights on access or what might greet me when get there as a part of this site is still being used. I made my in after keeping out of sight from the maintenance workers cutting the grass, once inside I was shooting in the tunnels only to hear the voices of two men in a maintenance room in the room beside where I was shooting. They eventually left and I continued shooting the vacant parts of the property. www.freaktography.com
Inside a large abandoned ontario industrial site that has been closed down and mostly untouched for a number of years. a portion of this facility will soon be used again however this industrial section may not be saved.
Found somewhere along a rural highway is this Abandoned Ontario House in the middle of a large wheat Field.
Inside what was once a classroom in a now long abandoned high school in Detroit.
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In the dark basement of a vacant and abandoned funeral home whre the only light came from behind this door I found an old rickety coffin trolley.
Probably one of the most popular houses in Ontario with this spiral staircase and incredible amount of decay and damage. I took a video in this house on my last visit and many people thini I captured a ghost or some kind of unexplained activity. Watch the 1st video on this link and wait to see what happens, then come back and tell me what you think it was…. https://freaktography.com/2016/03/ghost-caught-camera/
The library (I think) located inside an abandoned detroit high school. A skylight made for the perfectly lut scene above the peeling paint and decay in this otherwise dark room. www.freaktography.com/abandoned-detroit www.instagram.com/freaktography
An upstairs sitting room in a now vacant and abandoned funeral home in Ontario Canada. www.freaktography.com www.instagram.com/freaktography
A creepy abandoned house in Ontario Canada, the inside is full of contents and an amazing spiral staircase. See inside this house by clicking the link below to the newest page on my website. https://freaktography.com/creepy-abandoned-house/
I try to stay away from HDR as much as I can, not that I don’t like it, I just prefer to not do it. That said, there are some places where you walk in and it screams for some HDR type of work. This abandoned industrial factory in New York Dtate was one of those such places, https://freaktography.com/abandoned-buffalo/
Abandoned Machinery found inside an old builfing in Buffalo New York. See more from abandoned Buffalo at https://freaktography.com/abandoned-buffalo/
Can I get an R Pat? Inside an abandoned food production factory in Western New York State. See much more here: https://freaktography.com/abandoned-buffalo
An HDR take on some pipes and machinery found in an abandoned industrial location in Western New York State. https://freaktography.com/abandoned-buffalo/
Exposed brick and supporting beams in an old industrial lot in Ontario
Cob webs and dust cover the broken keys of this old piano in an abandoned Ontario church.
A very Old Bible inside an Abandoned Church in Ontario
Patient room doors inside a storage room in an abandoned mental asylum.
A creepy old abandoned house somewhere in Ontario Canada
A giant warty tree and overgrown bushes are taking over this abandoned house in Ontario.
Inside the most complete and intact house I have ever seen sits dundreds of antique items over several generations.
A rural abandoned Ontario house.
The sitting room inside a remarkable abandoned house in Ontario
A wall of keys in an abandoned factory in Ontario
A gorgeous abandoned Ontario house on a large property reflecting in a small pond
An assortment of items found inside an ontario abandoned house
A Chatty Cathy doll in a bedroom of an abandoned house
The barber shop inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
An interesting abandoned Ontario house. Every room is packed with hoarded items, the basement is flooded and there are cobwebs at every doorway.
July 7th, 2015: A kitchen scene inside an old abandoned Ontario house.
July 20th, 2015: In the basement of an abandoned church in Buffalo sits this old and decaying classroom.
Inside the long dark labyrinth of tunnels that run below this once abandoned Kirkbride Hospital in New York known as Buffalo State Asylum
Another abandoned time capsule house in Ontario with all previous owners belongings still in place. Here is a bookshelf and dining room
An entirely closed off secret room in this abandoned house. Another abandoned time capsule house in Ontario with all previous owners belongings still in place
A bin fill of old antique porcelain and plastic dolls tucked away with a number of old teddy bears
A staircase in an old home in Ontario that has sat abandoned for many, many years.
June 18th, 2015: Inside a very large and vast food production facility.
The exhaust system in the main floor of a massive vacant industrial food production plant
The lower level of an abandoned home with mid century decoration and furniture.
The living room of an amazing abandoned house in Ontario.
Freaktography Photo of the Day, May 8th 2015. The still made bed inside an abandoned Ontario house.
Inside an abandoned recreation hall on the grounds of a vacant ontario psychiatric hospital.
Using whatever light I can find to light up a pitch black hallway in an abandoned insane asylum.
Freaktography Photo of the Day, Mat 20th, 2015: The doorway into the mens solarium in an abandoned insane asylum in Ontario.
May 26th, 2015: Dozens of old photos were found spread around the floor in an upstairs room in this abandoned house in Ontario.
An old hearse carriage and wicker casket found in an abandoned house in Ontario Canada.
A wicker casket inside a hearse carriage found inside a very unique vacant house in Ontario.
A picture perfect abandoned house that was built in the late 1800’s. The power and hydro were cut in 1990, this is what 25 years does to a house.
Badly decaying bedroom in an abandoned house
A red lantern found in an abandoned house in Ontario Canada.
Abandoned Mental Asylum.
Abandoned Beauty Salon
A spaceship like structure in an abandoned factory
Eerie scene in the office of an abandoned house in southern Ontario
Morgue in an abandoned psychiatric hospital
The Newspaper Room in the abandoned Poorhouse
Creepy relics of the past found in an abandoned home in Southern Ontario
Library in the bedroom of an abandoned house
Fully intact abandoned house
Abandoned Tuberculosis Hospital
Inside an abandoned hospital
Abandoned Photography of an abandoned hospital
