Eerie, Haunting and Fascinating

This world-renowned urban explorer (urbex) takes unique photographs that challenge our senses, with an ever pervading sense of loneliness, wonder and decay in each atmospheric image.

According to his webpage bio, Dutch photographer Niki Feijen immortilises an astonishingly intact glimpse into the past. This autodidact specialises in documenting and capturing historic architecture and abandoned buildings. He does not use any artificial light source but instead uses subtle HDR techniques to capture the broad spectrum of natural light in dimly lit locations.

In 2010 he visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in the Ukraine, the ultimate deserted location. Before the nuclear disaster, the city of Pripyat had 50,000 inhabitants. After the