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so i sent a few words in when someone requested imput on urban exploration, and i randomly found the online publication today.
ps - chris brennen is unaesthetic
“Urban exploration for me is about finding hidden treasures in places most people don’t care to go,” said Jennifer Shumate of Florida. “When I visit a site, I’m not there to graffiti the walls or to smash chairs. I am interested in the history of the building, its architectural styles; who lived there and why did they leave?” Shumate said photography is one of her main purposes for exploring. She is interested in capturing images of objects that have been left behind as well as different types of urban decay. Many explorers appreciate the thrill of discovering an area that few have seen. "There is a definite mindset in urban exploration of finding an area that is in some way secret,” said Janine D’Agati of Maryland. “The explorer feels as if they are becoming part of something esoteric and therefore the act of exploring has a distinct level of intimacy about it.”
At the same time there are some areas in plain sight that the general population will never experience from the same viewpoint that an urban explorer does. “I’m a huge fan of perspectives,” said Chris Brennan of San Francisco who runs the Institute for Urban Exploration’s web site. “For instance, a person could ride the same subway train to work for many years and feel like they know that specific route like the back of their hand, but if they were to have the experience of being in the tunnel rather than in the train, their whole perspective on that environment would be different. “There are infinite adaptations of that idea in everyday life and that’s the stuff that interests me,” he said.
http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu/issues/spring04/2-02/editorial.html
ps - chris brennen is unaesthetic
“Urban exploration for me is about finding hidden treasures in places most people don’t care to go,” said Jennifer Shumate of Florida. “When I visit a site, I’m not there to graffiti the walls or to smash chairs. I am interested in the history of the building, its architectural styles; who lived there and why did they leave?” Shumate said photography is one of her main purposes for exploring. She is interested in capturing images of objects that have been left behind as well as different types of urban decay. Many explorers appreciate the thrill of discovering an area that few have seen. "There is a definite mindset in urban exploration of finding an area that is in some way secret,” said Janine D’Agati of Maryland. “The explorer feels as if they are becoming part of something esoteric and therefore the act of exploring has a distinct level of intimacy about it.”
At the same time there are some areas in plain sight that the general population will never experience from the same viewpoint that an urban explorer does. “I’m a huge fan of perspectives,” said Chris Brennan of San Francisco who runs the Institute for Urban Exploration’s web site. “For instance, a person could ride the same subway train to work for many years and feel like they know that specific route like the back of their hand, but if they were to have the experience of being in the tunnel rather than in the train, their whole perspective on that environment would be different. “There are infinite adaptations of that idea in everyday life and that’s the stuff that interests me,” he said.
http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu/issues/spring04/2-02/editorial.html