Luxurbex - Urban Exploration

Last one...

2011-10-04T19:17:00.001+02:00

...from this big machine...

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Bi-Power

2011-09-21T08:20:00.001+02:00

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Men @ Work

2011-09-18T10:14:00.001+02:00

Destruction of an old industrial iron bridge.

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About Success and Fame in Photography

2011-08-02T12:07:00.004+02:00

All along my short way in photography I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of people. I think everyone has his own interests in photography. Those of us who cling very hard to their passion have a driving force that distinguishes them from the basic mainstream photographer. I have used the word 'mainstream' in a neutral sense and not in a negative pejorative sense. In my eyes the mainstream photographer is the type of photographer with the healthiest approach to photography. Most famous photographers become mainstream photographers after having discovered that fame and success are transient and therefore, inherently contain a source of suffering. What is the price of success and fame? I think it is clear that one must work hard for having some success or even getting famous in photography. There are so many amateur photographers out there and you are just one of several millions. After getting some small reward for some extremely hard and time consuming work as success, you learn that this success is so ephemeral as a shooting star in a dark clear night. An empty gap is what's left behind. And this gap is filled with the fear of loosing your hardly established position or image. And what do you do to fill this gap? You start over again to work even harder to reach at least the position you attained with your last success. And this behavior goes over and over again while life is passing by and you get older and older. But what is this fidgeting all about? Could it be that it is a lack of self assurance and self-esteem that needs to be filled? An Ego that needs to be caressed? I wouldn't go so far to pretend that this is the case for every photographer in the quest of success and fame, but I certainly do for all of us, amateur photographers, feeling aggressed by criticism. And a big amount of us that have the illusion of having themselves established in the world of photography (certainly a lot of those reading this feel so, or still striving toward this goal) do not like their work to be criticized. They have become their work and the work is now an integral part of their identity. Who wants to loose his identity? Nobody wants that! Loosing the identity is one of the most horrible things the Ego can be faced to. Who really wants his identity to be debased by someone else? What is the Ego? The Ego is a complex of uncountable illusionary bribes of identity parts. It is always changing and evolving because the identity parts it identifies itself with, are always changing. It is always grasping to fulfill a goal that it can never reach because the Ego is an illusion in itself.
My biggest wish would be that some of us amateur photographers aching for success and fame, out of reach, could get free of this Ego driven vicious circle and find real success and fame as mainstream photographers, without pretension of becoming somebody else as they are now. That's the way of success... the way of personal success in life.
And finally two quotes I really like:

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
- John Wooden

Personal Integrity

2011-08-01T07:52:00.001+02:00

Some have it, some don't...

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Labyrinth

2011-07-29T08:41:00.002+02:00

...a quarry and a Labyrinth

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Claustrum

2011-07-27T11:00:00.001+02:00

Inveni fateor in rege monachum, claustrum in curia, in palatio monasterii disciplinam.

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Always

2011-07-14T11:11:00.001+02:00

She's always there, on the same place at a shrine before the great Stupa of Bodhnath in Nepal.

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I wanna go home...

2011-06-29T13:38:00.001+02:00

...take off this uniform and leave the show...

The weather in Luxembourg is awful and depressing. It is raining all the time. The picture has been taken on the airport in Delhi waiting for my flight to Kathmandu. I cannot wait to get back to Nepal, the place I feel that I belong to.

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Truth Is A Pathless Land

2011-06-15T11:47:00.001+02:00

Whatever counts is the present moment!

(I went home late yesterday and after a big meal for lunch it started raining heavily. This is the result of my dark mood at that moment when I was postprocessing the shots I took yesterday. I hope you enjoy it.)

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Ne passons pas sous les fourches caudines!

2011-05-31T19:25:00.001+02:00

Doit-on se courber encore et toujours pour un ligne droite ?
Prière pour trouver les grands espaces entre les parois d'une boîte
Serait-ce un estuaire ou le bout du chemin au loin qu'on entrevoit
Spéciale dédicace à la flaque où on nage, où on se noie.
(Noir Désir)

Title and description are this time in french because I felt that these lines fit perfectly the picture of the little cells inside this old abandoned prison.

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Prison Cell N° 160

2011-05-23T07:34:00.004+02:00

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.

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Selfportrait

2011-05-17T18:33:00.001+02:00

I found this one on my HDD and decided to publish it. For those of you that didn't meet me before... Here I am... :D

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Goodbye Little Sister

2011-05-14T13:46:00.001+02:00

...an empty chair, memories and an everlasting place in the heart are left behind...

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Glowing Christmas Tree

2011-05-12T13:25:00.001+02:00

Seen in a quarry...

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63 kV

2011-04-19T13:52:00.001+02:00

Input: 250 kV
Output: 63 kV
A powerplant....
(don't event think about it...)

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Rust in Peace

2011-03-28T18:00:00.001+02:00

Inside an iron ore mine in France. Light painted with Led-Lenser X21.

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Devotion

2011-03-17T10:33:00.001+01:00

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
- Albert Einstein

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Tailor

2011-03-13T10:34:00.001+01:00

A Tailor in Boudhanath in Nepal.

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For Lord Shiva's Sake

2011-01-26T16:17:00.001+01:00

During the fire puja (Aarti) in Varanasi (India).

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Toothbrush Seller

2011-01-04T12:37:00.001+01:00

An old man selling toothbrushes made of neem wood in Varanasi (India).
Researchers believe that the use of neem toothbrushes is responsible for the bright smiles and healthy teeth of Indian villagers, people who never had access to any modern dental care facilities, products or fancy toothpaste.

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Gone

2010-12-10T22:15:00.001+01:00

“Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb,
and as he comes, so he departs.
He takes nothing from his labor
that he can carry in his hand.”
--- King Solomon

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Run for your life

2010-11-22T20:32:00.001+01:00

I have found you,
And now there is no place to run.
Excitement shakes me,
Oh God help me what have I done.
--- Killers - Iron Maiden

View On Black

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Too much alcohol...

2010-11-22T15:17:00.001+01:00

A farming house somewhere in our Galaxy... :)

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Slag Soup

2010-10-29T12:26:00.001+02:00

A residue of a blast-furnace...

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Храм Спаса на Крови

2010-10-06T11:39:00.001+02:00

Church of the Savior on Blood in Saint-Petersburg

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Maison Heinen

2010-08-09T11:28:00.001+02:00

An abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.

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The house of Snowy White

2010-08-06T09:13:00.001+02:00

A child's rhyme stuck in my head.
It said that life is but a dream.
I've spent so many years in question
to find I've known this all along.

--- Third Eye - Tool

...a recently abandoned house... here lived a lonely woman...

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Let the show go on

2010-07-26T11:58:00.001+02:00

The program for this evening is not new
You've seen this entertainment through and through
You've seen your birth your life and death
you might recall all of the rest
Did you have a good world when you died?

-- Jim Morrison

(inside an abandoned Theatre)

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Which way?

2010-07-19T07:19:00.001+02:00

Seen in a limestone quarry.

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Surgery

2010-07-08T08:19:00.001+02:00

[The window to...] An Operation Room in an abandoned hospital.

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Anthem to the Eve

2010-06-28T14:09:00.001+02:00

Lakes of Remerchen in Luxembourg

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An Artist without Audience

2010-06-23T20:34:00.001+02:00

A theater...

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Time Tunnel

2010-05-16T11:58:00.001+02:00

A spiral stairway that caught my attention.

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When time stood still...

2010-04-19T22:57:00.002+02:00

Love of two is one
Here, but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was opened, and the wind appeared
The candles blew, and then disappeared
The curtains flew, and then he appeared

"Come on, baby"
And she ran to him
They looked backward and said good-bye
She had taken his hand
Come on, baby
(Don't fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult)

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Spirit

2010-04-14T14:11:00.001+02:00

A cellar in an abandoned house in Luxembourg.

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An industrial attic

2010-04-06T10:44:00.001+02:00

Seen in Centrale U, an abandoned electrical power plant in France.

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Straight line to the shaft

2010-04-01T17:49:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned colliery in Germany.

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My last rest

2010-03-16T09:34:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned coal mine in Belgium.

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Lux aeterna

2010-03-13T21:39:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned mansion in Belgium.

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Alternator

2010-03-01T14:33:00.001+01:00

...seen in a beautiful abandoned electrical power plant...

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Solitude of a flower

2010-02-24T18:14:00.001+01:00

Many a jewel lies buried
In darkness and oblivion,
Far, far away from picks and drills;

Many a flower regretfully
Exhales perfume soft as secrets
In a profound solitude.

--- Charles Baudelaire

Seen in Chateau du Loup

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Gothic Tunnel

2010-02-22T19:56:00.001+01:00

Seen in CDC.

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Knowledge in Decay

2010-02-18T20:29:00.001+01:00

Is Knowledge subject to decay? Yes it is, because it is bound by causes and conditions. Only wisdom isn't. And wisdom can arise from the awareness of the impermanence of all things.

Seen in an abandoned University.

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Maison Thiry

2010-02-08T18:16:00.001+01:00

The kitchen of a little abandoned house in Luxembourg. It is amazing what people some times leave behind. One could believe pestilence has broken out.

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Decayed Auditorium

2010-01-31T18:19:00.001+01:00

...and another shot from the University... same campus but other building...

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Coke Silos

2010-01-19T18:38:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned coking plant in France.

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Turn, turn, turn

2010-01-19T12:26:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned University somewhere in the world.

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Transfo

2009-12-26T10:16:00.001+01:00

A famous generator room...

Merry Christmas and a happy new year! (This was my Christmas Day) :-)

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Piano

2009-11-04T08:11:00.001+01:00

A piano in an abandoned publishing company in Belgium.

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Main Hall

2009-10-15T19:46:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned industrial building (offices) in France.
180° Panorama done with fisheye lens.

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Coal Cathedral

2009-08-26T19:35:00.001+02:00

In this large hall, electricity was produced with very large generators. The building belongs to a coal mine in France.

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Bureau Central

2009-08-23T18:06:00.001+02:00

This building has been constructed in the year 1892 and was a central office building in the iron industry in France.

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Ons Jongen

2009-08-18T18:51:00.001+02:00

...means "our boys". I found this paper in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg. It is dated 16/01/1946 and talks about the Luxembourgish WW2 refugees, missed persons and recruited by force in the Nazi occupation.

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The last load...

2009-07-20T21:14:00.001+02:00

Probably the last load of coal from deep within the heart of an abandonded coal mine in Germany.

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Spaghetti Pipes

2009-06-02T20:14:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned power plant in Luxembourg.

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cATtenOM

2009-05-24T18:08:00.001+02:00

The Cattenom Nuclear Power Station is located in Lorraine in the Cattenom commune, France on the Moselle River between Thionville (10 km upstream) and Trier (80 km downstream). It is close to the towns of Luxembourg (35 km) and Metz (40 km).

The site consists of 4 Pressurized Water Reactors that were all built between 1979 and 1991 and have an electric output of 1300 MW each. The plant is a relatively modern and large nuclear power station. In 2006 it produced the third most electricity (34 TWh) of the nuclear plants in France behind Gravelines (34.4 TWh) and Paluel (34.9 TWh).

The plant employs about 1200 regular employees and about 1000 more during outage times.

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Sepulturas

2009-05-19T18:34:00.001+02:00

An abandoned crypt in Belgium.

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Le Silence

2009-05-16T22:00:00.001+02:00

IMPORTANT: View On Black

"Comme elle sort du silence, toute parole pour être reçue exige le silence.

Le vrai silence n'est donc point de ne pas parler ou de parler peu. Le silence qui n'est qu'absence de paroles est vide d'être, vide d'amour, vide de vie, en vérité le plus éloigné du vrai silence. Parler peu n'est que la disposition au véritable silence. Le vrai silence est une écoute."

--- unknown author

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Chateau de la Source

2009-05-09T20:48:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned castle in Luxembourg.

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Castle Laundry

2009-05-06T17:08:00.001+02:00

Seen in Chateau du Lac

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Revolt

2009-04-18T19:00:00.001+02:00

...in prison...

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Old Office

2009-04-17T10:24:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned film studio in Germany.

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Horror Labs

2009-04-16T12:19:00.001+02:00

An abandoned veterinary school.

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Movie Star

2009-04-06T21:53:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned film studio in Germany.

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Rooms to let

2009-04-01T19:53:00.001+02:00

I ain't spending my life here
I ain't living alone
Ain't breaking no rocks on the chain gang
I'm breakin' out and headin' home

--- seen in an abandoned Prison in Germany

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Metal Labyrinth

2009-03-24T15:07:00.001+01:00

My favorite playground... :-)

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Big throat

2009-03-23T10:00:00.001+01:00

Chartreuse.

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Lost Dreams

2009-03-16T21:46:00.001+01:00

A bed in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.

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Half way

2009-03-11T14:02:00.001+01:00

The underground of Luxembourg City.

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Bascula

2009-02-27T21:20:00.001+01:00

A scale in an abandoned farming house.

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Oldtimer

2009-02-22T18:20:00.001+01:00

Ford Consul left to decay in a forest in Belgium.

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Hendrix rules

2009-02-12T21:37:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned house in Luxembourg.

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Destruction

2009-02-09T21:28:00.001+01:00

Another picture for my new Gas Mask serie taken at an abandoned iron ore mine in France.

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Biohazard

2009-02-08T17:45:00.001+01:00

...the Casa Perdida in Luxembourg...

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House of Horrors

2009-02-07T18:36:00.001+01:00

...or "La Venerie".

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The Radiator

2009-01-25T18:33:00.001+01:00

Seen in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg

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Chateau du Lac

2009-01-18T22:18:00.004+01:00

An abandoned castle in France.

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Symetric Central

2009-01-04T15:27:00.001+01:00

CT

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Waiting...

2008-12-28T08:19:00.002+01:00

It was really cold today (-2° Celsius) but we managed to take some nice pictures... :-)

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I wish you...

2008-12-22T13:53:00.004+01:00

To all those people that have supported me all along the year and to all the others!

S-P-I-D-E-R

2008-12-21T22:30:00.002+01:00

Seen in an abandoned electrical power central in Luxembourg.

And please DON'T miss this:
Click on me!!!

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Stress

2008-12-12T21:45:00.001+01:00

... so chaotic... I love it... Beringen Coal Mine.... Visual Stress!

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Rays of Light

2008-12-08T18:31:00.001+01:00

Just by existing, light makes it clear where the darkness is.

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Holy Decay

2008-12-07T20:19:00.001+01:00

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, — light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

--- John Constable

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Area 51

2008-12-01T18:30:00.001+01:00

I think this must have been Area 51, isn't it? ;-)

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Basket

2008-12-01T06:10:00.001+01:00

A basket in an old abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.

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LuxUrbex, The Book

2008-11-24T19:36:00.012+01:00

If you like my work you may now buy my new photobook: "LuxUrbex, ou l'amour pour le déclin"

This book contains all my favorite pictures of the last two years of explorations. You may preview and buy it directly from the editor. Thank you for supporting my work.

STUL

2008-11-13T20:23:00.001+01:00

An abandoned rolling mill in France.

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Sweet Dreams

2008-10-26T20:50:00.001+01:00

The wolf lifted the latch, the door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and devoured her.

Seen in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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Follow me!

2008-10-23T16:28:00.001+02:00

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Old Kitchen

2008-10-11T21:22:00.001+02:00

An old kitchen in an old abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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Cravatte

2008-09-28T22:46:00.002+02:00

Seen in the Maison Zahles, an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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La Baronesse

2008-09-15T20:50:00.001+02:00

My first model photoshooting in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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Xebru

2008-09-08T22:58:00.001+02:00

Urbex rocks!
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Serenity

2008-08-27T18:05:00.001+02:00

Not really Urbex... :-) I was in vacation. New Urbex pictures will follow very soon... :-)
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The Rosary

2008-08-09T17:07:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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Cochlea

2008-08-03T19:44:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned Monastery in Germany.
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Forgotten childhood

2008-07-28T17:39:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abandoned orphanage in Luxembourg.
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Vino

2008-07-23T15:23:00.001+02:00

Seen in an abanoned farming house in Luxembourg.
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