Should you Post a Disclaimer with your Urbex Photos?

I know several others with urban exploration sites and photos will post a warning or disclaimer to the general public. I don’t have one, yet. I should, for legal reasons. Personally, I think people are responsible for their own actions and should have the brain power to understand basic human concepts like danger, risk and damages. Of course, I would not like to think someone viewed my photos and then charged in to something they later regretted. So, in the long run, a disclaimer seems like a good idea.

I’ve read a lot of urbex disclaimers. They come in a variety of styles, messages and colours. Most are dark, like this one below. Dark in colour, if not in context. I thought I would collect a few and then decide what I want to say when I write my own. But, one thing I will add to mine will be geared to those who only want to vandalize or salvage old and abandoned places.

People may completely ignore your disclaimer. Likely the only ones who do read them are explorers who are already aware and cautious. The types who jump in feet first tend to read warnings only upon landing in hot water.

Source: Abandoned Steve

Should you Post a Disclaimer with your Urbex Photos?

I know several others with urban exploration sites and photos will post a warning or disclaimer to the general public. I don’t have one, yet. I should, for legal reasons. Personally, I think people are responsible for their own actions and should have the brain power to understand basic human concepts like danger, risk and damages. Of course, I would not like to think someone viewed my photos and then charged in to something they later regretted. So, in the long run, a disclaimer seems like a good idea.

I’ve read a lot of urbex disclaimers. They come in a variety of styles, messages and colours. Most are dark, like this one below. Dark in colour, if not in context. I thought I would collect a few and then decide what I want to say when I write my own. But, one thing I will add to mine will be geared to those who only want to vandalize or salvage old and abandoned places.

People may completely ignore your disclaimer. Likely the only ones who do read them are explorers who are already aware and cautious. The types who jump in feet first tend to read warnings only upon landing in hot water.

Source: Abandoned Steve

Manhole Covers as Urbex Fashion

Looking for something really urbex to wear? Consider a print of a manhole cover. This site has a project creating prints from manhole (sewer) covers. There are events and workshops. You could make your own.

Raubdruckerin uses drain covers as a printing module for textiles and paper. By pressing a garment on a drain cover coated with paint, the surface is being transferred as a graphical pattern onto the desired object. After first experiments in 2006 Raubdruckerin is meanwhile printing in streets all over the world. Currently the collection shows objects from more than 20 cities.

Source: raubdruckerin

The Labyrinth of Ordinary Humans

Found a nice quote on another lost urbex site. The direct link is hijacked by the Webring code. I found the site thanks to the Wayback Machine.

“It’s not about busting into businesses and bragging about trespassing. It’s about living a time that is rapidly disappearing, sinking under a new city. The undoctored past is a rare thing to have the privilege to experience, especially because this is not the past of kings or generals or millionaire mansions. This is the past of sewer and drain workers, factory workers, builders, tunnelers – ordinary people who built the labyrinthine hive of humans, that maze of rooms and halls above ground and under that we know as – a city.”

– Jacques

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Source: Exploring The Twin Cities’ Underground

Urbex ASCII Art

via – ASCII Hotel

I saw this and got the idea of posting urban exploration photos scanned as ASCII art. As a large image they would look interesting, more derelict and digital.

Urban Exploration with Drones

I’m not sure what a drone is versus what is not a drone. This video was taken with a quadcopter, to me it looks like what I’ve seen called a drone.

Seems a very smart way to search for abandoned houses, even on property you haven’t bought yourself. Unless your drone falls to the ground and you go in to retrieve it, you get a decent look without upsetting anyone worried about trespassers. If you spot something with the drone you can also map out the best route too.

Depending on how much magnification/ zoom your drone has you might be able to see a lot of detail. This is one of the best drone uses I have seen. (Other than defusing bombs, terrorists and deep sea exploration beyond the limits of human beings).

These images were from videos made by the property owner, Len Farneth. The first are views from the quadcopter (drone) and the second is a visit to see the house by foot.