Legs and Borders

Niektórzy kolekcjonują motyle, inni zdzierają gardło na meczach piłkarskich lub pod ambasadami. My fotografujemy opuszczone budynki. Eksploracja miejska to spolszczona nazwa angielskiego terminu „urban exploration”. Większość zainteresowanych nazywa tę dziedzinę po prostu urbeksem. Zjawisko to obrosło przez ostatnie lata wieloma bardziej lub mniej uzasadnionymi kontrowersjami, tworzonymi głównie przez samych eksploratorów. Koniec końców urbeks to najczęściej zwiedzanie opuszczonych budynków – jest to kontynuacja i rozwinięcie dziecięcych eskapad. Eksploracja miejska dotyka całej tkanki miasta. Niekórzy popychają granice tej dziedziny w zaskakujące rejony, infiltrując np. metro warszawskie, wwiercając się do komend dowodzenia z czasów drugiej wojny światowej w katakumbach pod Paryżem czy wspinając na szczyt niewybudowanego jeszcze londyńskiego wieżowca Shard . Japońska wyspa Hashima, wykorzystana m.in. przy kręceniu przygód Jamesa Bonda w filmie Skyfall. W tym nietypowym ...

Right next to Auschwitz and Pripyat ; if it only was easier approachable; it should be a must go destination for anyone. This place bares an unbelievable historic value, luckily it is being preserved with great care. Museum in Hiroshima goes into a lot of detail about the history and circumstances of the explosion, you can spend hours walking around and reading materials about it, there are many items salvaged from the site like actual human remnants, personal items, bricks, tiles, melted glass jars - all bearing effects of the disaster, some of them you can touch and inspect yourself. There are also survivors, now volunteering at the museum answering the important questions. It's all very well organized and you can walk away with a lot of information's of what actually happened here. Thousands of people visit the museum daily which is quite comforting, as the knowledge is passed on to the young, few of which fell into tears right in front of my eyes. A watch belon...

Decaying plot of land in Grodzisk Mazowiecki in nearby Warsaw. It's one of the biggest old vehicle graveyards in Europe, currently after an Idiot Box  feature very run down and vandalized. visited with: Adm Kuz and Ł. Hachuła History : Cars belonged to Tadeusz Tabencki who was a high rank Ministry of Transport official and an officer of Ministry of National Security , during Polish PRL times. Tadeusz acquired most of his toys in not particularly legal way, he was basically using his position to appropriate the vehicles after the car registration law changes. In it's heyday his collection consisted of about 300 cars and 200 motorcycles. Polish collector until today surrounded by many rumors died (quite ironically) in 1989, after death his family completely abandoned the vehicles and left it to rot as they were, unsecured, most of them standing outside on bare ground behind a basic fence. I'm not a big car fan, but from what i read online, you can find here mode...

Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market commonly known as the Tsukiji Market is the biggest fish and seafood market in the world it handles over 2000 tons of marine products per day, some call it a grandfather of the fish markets. It opens in the early morning, about 5 AM for the tuna auction and a limited number of 120 tourists per day is allowed inside, position in the queue counts. I didn't manage take part in it, as the metro did not operated that early. Tourists are also not allowed inside the main market before 9 AM, but for some reason (did not plan it) i got inside about 6 AM and had a good hour stroll before getting kicked out by the security, it benefited with some shots from the rear side of the market, usually out of reach for the tourists. Happy days, even though people i photographed that day look tad serious, but they must have had a busy shift. Thanks for watching.