We Americans tend to conceptualize "old" in very recent terms--which explains our collective fascination with ruin porn. If the decay of European cities receives less attention, it's just because it's much more ubiquitous. French photographer and self-described "urban explorer" Thomas Jorion has made a career out of seeking out and photographing these lesser known spaces--from an ice-crusted Bulgarian monument to a rotting gas storage silo, seen above.
We Americans tend to conceptualize "old" in very recent terms--which explains our collective fascination with ruin porn. If the decay of European cities receives less attention, it's just because it's much more ubiquitous. French photographer and self-described "urban explorer" Thomas Jorion has made a career out of seeking out and photographing these lesser known spaces--from an ice-crusted Bulgarian monument to a rotting gas storage silo, seen above.
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