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Urbex Photography with Etiënne Hessels

Saturday 1 October 2022, 16:08 by | 3,747 views | 2 comments

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

Etiënne Hessels is an urbex photographer. He visits old, derelict buildings to photograph them. In this short documentary by Bart Wijnja, he talks about his hobby.


In Etiënne's translation, I think the essence of the famous urbex photographers' motto is lost:

'Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints'

The documentary does give a good impression of urbex photography.

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2 comments

  1. johan
    johan wrote on Tuesday 4 October 2022 at 15:15  | reply

    Nice video. Still worth mentioning that urbex is always forbidden and dangerous. If the police or security intercept you, you do have problems. And that's without even mentioning the risks of falling somewhere, cutting yourself, bumping your head, inhaling chemicals or soot or asbestos, encountering metal thieves, guard dogs or junkies etc ... Best never do it alone, park your car far away, put on sturdy shoes. A sweater or shirt with long sleeves, gloves, safety cap, dust mask etc, even if it's warm. I've done it too but hardly do it anymore. Many locations have also been demolished, renovated, closed off or secured.

    Translated from Dutch.
  2. Laura van der Burgt
    Profile Laura van der Burgt wrote on Wednesday 5 October 2022 at 13:01  | reply

    Cool video! Nice to be able to take a look like this for once and also feel a little bit of that urbex tension.

    Translated from Dutch.

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