Welcome to Desertion Photography
Founded in 2009, desertionphotography Is a website devoted to the beauity and photogenicy of abandonment and decay.
This is what inspired me to begin photography but as seen on the site i have shown that as a self dubbed Urban Explorer I am not a criminal or an outlaw as police and public may believe but merely a photographer with a serious passion about my work. I have shown different aspects of my photography. I also love the thrill of entering a site unseen and untouched for years and making a photographic record of the history that remains.
Over the years I have worked with various other enthusiasts and we have worked with different orginisations, councils, schools and websites to photograph, document and map various underground structures. We have been involved with projects including disused, abandoned and historical sites.
Please follow the relevent links to the right of the page to view all documented work by DesertionPhotography from underground, indutrial, millitary, leisure sites and much much more. You will be able to read a report on each site visited and view a collection of photos from the explore.
I have met many explorers along the way and many have become a valued part of my life. Some of the best times I've had have been exploring. I've climbed buildings and towers to capture a single photo and been deep underground in mines, tunnels, bunkers to search for historical reminants. This is who i am and i hope my work and efforts are appreciated by few but known by many.
Please see the forums page and feel free to join. Here you can see reports from myself and from others that i have met along the way.
Together, our goal is to show and document the beauty behind the history, abandonment and desertions of places throughout the UK which are often forgotten and not seen by the general public.
Thankyou for visiting the website. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions or queries then please feel free to fill out the contact form. I will do my best to respond as quick as possible.
Prints of all photos on the pages are available upon request. Please once again go to the contact section and complete the form. Prices will be given in response.
Feed Back About The Website
eye4image - Mike Avery photography:
"I looked at your site recently & particularly enjoyed viewing your urban images.", "Your images convey your passion, & show you enjoy what you do with your willingness to experiment- keep up the good work."
Photofast - Jason:
"I have had a look at your great website, and will keep your details for future reference."
Disclaimer
These sites are dangerous and should not be entered without the correct permission, equipment and trainning. This site does NOT encourage that anyone visits these sites nor are we willing to take anyone to them - so do not ask.
If you enter any places featured on this site then you do so at your own risk and DesertionPhotography will hold no responibility for injury, damage or vandilism caused by those who view this site.
We strongly disagree with breaking any laws whilst documenting these sites and we don't condone breaking and entering. Any member found to have forced entry to a site or damaged it will be removed from the website.
Enjoy kents history from the comfort of your home without endangering the lives of yourselves or others.
Stay safe and enjoy the website.
Updates and news
30/06/2010 - there have been no updates for a while but i have found the time to start making some major changes to the website. Over the next couple of months then the site will be under construction as i give it a re-vamp and add new content. You will see some changes already. We now have a new forum where you can find our reports and photography. This is opento anyone who would like to contribute. There is no longer a member section on this page so please feel free to sign up to urbandecay 
10/03/2010 - Waygood tram tunnel has now been added to the reports page
21/02/2010 - Leybourne grange hospital has now been added to the reports page
13/01/2010 - The forums have now taken shape. They are clearly layed out and more user friendly. The home page has been updated and a reports page has now been added for full documented reports of sites explored by the team throughout the uk.
08/11/2009 - The forums are one of the final parts of the site to be edited. we will soon have a new layout and feel to the site forums and they will be clearer to understand, post, and read.
01/11/2009 - You will now see that picture quality problems have been resolved and Frosty and Fortknox0 are now added to the site. To view pages and photography then please follow the links on the left of the homepage.
15/10/2009 - You will see that the site is still currently undergoing some changes as pages are changed and some pages are being re-written. Thankyou for your patience throughout the conscrution and updates to the site.
20/09/2009 - site is undergoing some updates and changes so please be aware that some pages and links are currently inactive!
29/08/2009 - picture quality on the site seems to be resolved after users experienced problems from 25/07/2009. This was an issue with the service provider!
29/07/2009 - Dover castle light graffiti added.
25/07/2009 - picture quality is poor on the site, i am unsure of why but am trying to resolve the problem and get my pictures showing properly again, i will update once ive sorted the problem, currently the pictures are appearing pixelated!
