Nature is fragile. An oil spill at the coast can result in the deaths of millions of sea creatures. The destruction of the animal’s natural habitat is a habitual concern of conservationists. The population explosion brings the wild animals into conflict with human needs. A tense standoff between conservationists and human needs will throw this conundrum into sharp relief. In one aspect, nature is resilient. Nature can be triumphant and that relates to vegetation. Left untended, vegetation will reclaim even the most obdurate surfaces and areas. This series of photographs highlights this phenomenon.
Main picture: Angkor in Cambodia
A cooling tower in Belgium
A room in an abandoned hotel
A shopping mall converted into an aquarium in Bangkok
Abandoned mining town in Namibia
A 100 year old ship in Sydney
An abandoned ferris wheel being engulfed by lush vegetation
An old mansion in Ireland now overgrown
An old Mill in the Italian Town of Sorrento
Belgium’s car cemetry
Flower bedekked railway line in Paris
Ruins from a Fishing Town located on Kamchatka Peninsula
The abandoned radioactive city of Pripyat in the Ukraine
The Piano Tree
The roots of this tree have found an alternative route to the ground
The tree roots are repeating the pattern of the paving
The unique bicycle tree
This railway culvert is 160 years old
This was pnce a Railway Station in Abkhazia
Trees overwhelming concrete in Hong Kong
This tree will not surrender to the paving