Need a break from insanity? Check out vivid nightscapes of abandoned American roadside spots.

[snagglepuss]

The photographer uses a techique that combines long exposures of moonlight with spots of artificial coloured light. Very haunting.







http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/oct/03/americana-by-moonlight-in-pictures

[dipsydoodle]

1. Thanks for posting.

[flamingdem]

2. Love these!

Although they are kinda Euro sightseeing porn. My German photographer friend loved all the dilapidated Americana. Not to mention the chicken at the end of Herzog's film, can't remember the title.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. They immediately reminded me of "Bagdad Cafe"

I love that movie!

[randome]

4. You could post one or two. I like this one.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Jefferson23]

5. I love the colors, and a few are eerie. Quite a few in Texas too. I am not sure how to

imagine what the intact Starlight Theater might have looked like, lol.

Cool stuff, thanks.


K&R

[malokvale77]

8. I noticed the Texas thing, too.

I live here, so some of the sites are familiar..

[NJCher]

6. evoke a mood

for which there are no words.


Cher

[Rhiannon12866]

7. This one:

The main hall of the abandoned Mercury train station in Detroit, Michigan. October 2008

[snagglepuss]

11. Incredible image but so painful to see such a magnificent bldg reduced to such decrepitude.

[malokvale77]

9. Thanks for posting.

Nice break.

[Dash87]

10. Deathclaw lives in #4

[Blue_Tires]

12. Didn't need the artificial light...

I know a bunch of places in South Alabama/North Florida that would have been ideal...

[lapislzi]

13. #9 creeped me right out!

I gasped at the disturbingness.

Nice use of red by the artist in many images.