fbpx

Beauty in Decay

CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned building, abandoned decay, abandoned photography, abandoned places, beauty in decay, creepy, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, photo series, photography, portrait, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring

Beauty in Decay: A Flower Among the Ruins

Beauty in Decay: A photo series featuring Abandoned Decay and my young daughter as a flower among the ruins of an abandoned building.

My third time taking my daughter to this amazing old location in Upstate New York. I’ve been in contact with the landowners for a few years and they are always happy to grant us permission to come back anytime we wish.

The first year we went in 2014 I wasn’t sure what to expect, as expected she was afraid of every noise and would not leave my side for a second.  But I ended up with a handful of really nice photos that would end up placing in a photography competition a few years later.




Last year in 2016 we went with a post-apocalyptic/creepy theme, and those photos blew up, going viral all over the place.  For this years theme I really wanted to focus on her innocence as she is in a perfect phase between being a little girl and soon to be a teenager.  The theme this year was “Beauty in Decay”, allowing my daughter to contrast the decay with her youth, innocence and a really pretty dress!

She was a natural in front of the camera, I told her of the theme and I directed her to be lost, lonely and curious and from there I barely had to direct her.

I hope you like the series:

CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned photography, abandoned places, contrast, creepy, decay, derelict, destruction, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, newspaper room, photography, poorhouse, portrait, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring, windows
My third photo series with my daughter.
I took her photo in this exact same spot three years ago and it is crazy to see what a little lady she has grown into in such a short time.
On our first visit to this building she was terrified and stuck to me like glue. This year, on our third trip here together she was much more relaxed and excited, and she was a natural in front of my camera.




CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned building, abandoned decay, abandoned photography, abandoned places, beauty in decay, creepy, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, photo series, photography, portrait, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring
Beauty in Decay: A Flower Among the Ruin




CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, TINY DANCER, abandoned, abandoned photography, abandoned places, creepy, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, light, natural light, photography, poorhouse, portrait, shadow, shadows, silhouette, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring
“Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she’s in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand.”
I waited and waited and waited for the moment that the sun would come out from the clouds and shine light down this opening in the roof of the Poorhouse, and my Tiny Dancer knew just what to do as soon as it happened!

 

CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned photography, abandoned places, chair, creepy, dead flowers, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, photography, portrait, stairs, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring
Mourning Dead Flowers

 

CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned photography, abandoned places, creepy, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, photography, portrait, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring
Beauty in Decay, Let the Light Shine In
When I shot this scene of my daughter I had three variations of poses to pick from, but just kept coming back to this one.
Her curioslity of what is outside and her need to take in the light in such a dark place and the playfulness kept drawing me in.
So here is my selection of this scene from this photo series with my little girl.

CHILD, DRESS, ELEGANCE IN ABANDONMENT, Freaktography, INNOCENT, MODEL, PORTRAITS, POSING, PRETTY, abandoned, abandoned photography, abandoned places, creepy, decay, derelict, flowers, girl, haunted, haunted places, photography, portrait, sweet, urban exploration, urban exploration photography, urban explorer, urban exploring
Beauty in Decay: Window Pain




 

Beauty in Decay, Breathe Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Beauty in Decay, Turning Back Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Beauty in Decay, Miseducation Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Beauty in Decay, Blood Red Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Beauty in Decay, Stuck Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
One of a 13 image series with my daughter in an abandoned building in Upstate New York. See the entire series by hitting the link in my profile Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Beauty in Decay, Step Out One of a 13 image series with my daughter in an abandoned building in Upstate New York. See the entire series at https://freaktography.com/beauty-in-decay/ Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.

 

 

Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.
Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.

Freaktography: Abandoned Places, Urban Exploration, Photography of the normally unseen and off-limits.

Follow:
www.instagram.com/freaktography

Like:
www.facebook.com/freaktography

Subscribe:
www.youtube.com/c/FreaktographyCaPhotography

Visit:
www.freaktography.com

 

 

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.