28-10-2020 Marlette, Michigan - The ruins of a barn and an old concrete silo on a Michigan farm. © Jim West

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-08-2020 Mattresses dumped by the roadside, country lane, Charlecote, Warwickshire © John Harris

16-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

16-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

16-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

16-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

16-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

14-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA, Flint Grounds Crew clearing growth from vacant lots with long abandoned houses nearly overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

14-07-2020 Flint, Michigan, USA. Two houses disappearing beneath trees. Long abandoned houses nearly completely overgrown by trees and bushes © Jim West

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Sold sign. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Sold sign. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

15-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Don't Settle For Less, pedestrians passing a sign, closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Don't Settle For Less, Expensive car passing a sign, closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Don't Settle For Less, cyclist passing a sign, closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-04-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic. Don't Settle For Less, pedestrians passing a sign, closed and abandoned building site, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire © John Harris

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing hexavalent chromium fl... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing h... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze containing h... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, Man placing flowers on a fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped toxic chemicals. A green ooze c... © Jim West

19-01-2020 Madison Heights, Michigan USA, State Representative Lori Stone placing a flower on the fence, Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site where the owner of Electro-Plating Services dumped... © Jim West

05-11-2019 Goodrich, North Dakota, USA Abandoned and collapsing farm buildings © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

08-06-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA: Derelict Packard automotive plant. Opened in 1903, the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958 © Jim West

15-05-2019 Lorman, Mississippi, USA: Old gain silo in a plowed farm field © Jim West

24-04-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA, Depopulation. Huge sections of vacant land in many Detroit neighborhoods. The city's population has fallen from 1.86 million in 1950 to an estimated 673,000 in 2017 © Jim West

22-04-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA. Derilict Continental Motors plant which manufactured automobile and aircraft engines from 1911 until 1965. Most of the plant has been demolished but the distinctive smokestack... © Jim West

22-04-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA, Depopulation. Huge sections of vacant land in many Detroit neighborhoods. The city's population has fallen from 1.86 million in 1950 to an estimated 673,000 in 2017 © Jim West

21-04-2019 Detroit, Michigan, USA. Derilict Continental Motors plant which manufactured automobile and aircraft engines from 1911 until 1965. Most of the plant has been demolished but the distinctive smokestack... © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

18-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Plastic bottles and cans illegally dumped in a woods. Many are juice or water containers, which are not covered under Michigan law requiring a 10 cent deposit © Jim West

10-12-2018 Detroit, Michigan USA Activists protest against radioactive fracking waste, US Ecology hazardous waste disposal plant. They were protesting bills in the Michigan state legislative session that would i... © Jim West

15-10-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Mural on a building infront of US Ecology hazardous waste plant showing chemicals being dumped into the ground. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas... © Jim West

30-07-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to keep asbestos from becoming airborne © Jim West

30-07-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Sign warning about asbestos exposure. Workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to... © Jim West

30-07-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA workers demolishing an abandoned house wearing protective clothing against asbestos exposure. They are spraying water onto the building to keep asbestos from becoming airborne © Jim West

30-07-2018 Detroit, Michigan, USA Sign warning about asbestos exposure outside an abandoned house being prepared for demolition © Jim West

21-04-2018 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: The lock on a abandoned house © Jim West

21-04-2018 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: An x code on an abandoned house, Bywater. The markings reveal when and by whom the house was searched following Hurricand Katrina along with hazards encountered and victim... © Jim West

03-03-2018 Frozen bronze sculpture The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elizabeth Frink, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, East London. The inspiration of the work was taken from the legend of the Blind Beggar of Beth... © Jess Hurd

03-03-2018 Frozen bronze sculpture The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elizabeth Frink, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, East London. The inspiration of the work was taken from the legend of the Blind Beggar of Beth... © Jess Hurd

03-03-2018 Frozen bronze sculpture The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elizabeth Frink, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, East London. The inspiration of the work was taken from the legend of the Blind Beggar of Beth... © Jess Hurd

03-03-2018 Frozen bronze sculpture The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elizabeth Frink, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, East London. The inspiration of the work was taken from the legend of the Blind Beggar of Beth... © Jess Hurd

03-03-2018 Paauilo, Big Island, Hawaii: Closed sugar mill © David Bacon

03-03-2018 Paauilo, Big Island, Hawaii: Closed sugar mill © David Bacon

03-03-2018 Paauilo, Big Island, Hawaii: Closed sugar mill © David Bacon

03-03-2018 Paauilo, Big Island, Hawaii: Closed sugar mill © David Bacon

03-03-2018 Paauilo, Big Island, Hawaii: Closed sugar mill © David Bacon

02-03-2018 Frozen bronze sculpture The Blind Beggar and his dog by Elizabeth Frink, Cranbrook Estate, Bethnal Green, East London. The inspiration of the work was taken from the legend of the Blind Beggar of Beth... © Jess Hurd

01-01-2018 Point Reyes National Seashore Park California USA A Harbor seal pup abandoned on the beach © David Bacon

01-01-2018 Point Reyes National Seashore Park California USA A Harbor seal pup abandoned on the beach © David Bacon

28-12-2017 Mancos, Colorado USA Closed Sinclair petrol station and store with leaking underground gasoline storage tanks. The property is near the Mesa Verde National Park © Jim West

15-11-2017 Rockport, Texas USA Trucks dumping debris from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey onto the median strip of state Highway 35 © Jim West

10-11-2017 Casa Grande, Arizona desert, USA An abandoned irrigation ditch © Jim West

01-11-2017 Houston, Texas USA Oklahoma volunteers from the Southern Baptist Convention pray with a resident after helping cleanup her home. The home was flooded when Hurricane Harvey dumped 50 inches of rain on... © Jim West

15-09-2017 Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Old tires dumped at Peche Island, a wetland park in the Detroit River © Jim West

14-09-2017 Lorman, Mississippi, USA: Old gain silo in a plowed farm field © Jim West

14-09-2017 Illinois, USA: Tree growing out of the top of an old grain silo in a farm field © Jim West

14-09-2017 Illinois, USA: Tree growing out of the top of an old grain silo in a farm field © Jim West

14-09-2017 Three Oaks, Michigan, USA: Remains of two old concrete grain silos on a farm © Jim West

18-08-2017 Imperial Valley, California, USA An abandoned labor camp near the US Mexican border, Mt. Signal © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Edge of the Salton Sea, Salton City. The salt water leaves a dry crust on the soil as the sea dries up and recedes. As the sea is recedes, branches with nests of migr... © David Bacon

01-08-2017 Detroit, Michigan, USA Volunteers in a community improvement project called Life Remodeled workers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) boarding up an abandoned house © Jim West

01-08-2017 Detroit, Michigan, USA Volunteers in a community improvement project called Life Remodeled workers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) boarding up an abandoned house © Jim West

01-08-2017 Detroit, Michigan, USA Volunteers in a community improvement project called Life Remodeled workers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) boarding up an abandoned house © Jim West

01-08-2017 Detroit, Michigan, USA Volunteers in a community improvement project called Life Remodeled workers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) boarding up an abandoned house © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan USA Peruvian developer Fernando Palazuelo has purchased the ruins of the Pakard plant at a tax foreclosure auction for redevelopment. Palazuelo (L) talks to Charles "Skip" Gibson, 91... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan USA Peruvian developer Fernando Palazuelo has purchased the ruins of the Pakard plant at a tax foreclosure auction for redevelopment. © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan USA Car enthusiasts polishing a 1956 Packard in front of the derelict factory where it was made. Peruvian developer Fernando Palazuelo has purchased the ruins of the Pakard plant at... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The abandoned Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

16-05-2017 Detroit, Michigan The derelict Packard plant. Opened in 1903 the 3.5 million square foot plant employed 40,000 workers before closing in 1958. It has been left to decay and the ruins became a symbol o... © Jim West

05-03-2017 Abandoned washed up Tesco supermarket shopping trolley, Canary Wharf, River Thames, Limehouse, Docklands, London © Jess Hurd

16-01-2017 Not in Use. Rusting burnt out and disused speed camera with a hood by the side of the road, Warwickshire © John Harris

25-10-2016 Abandoned dwelling, demolition of the makeshift Jungle refugee camp by French authorities. Calais, France. © Jess Hurd

11-10-2016 Mariano Lake, New Mexico, USA, Poisoned water for the Navajo. Sign warning of radiation danger on the site of an abandoned uranium mine, one of more than 500 abandoned mines on Navajo Nation land. Thi... © Jim West