andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
all images courtesy of andrew brooks

 

 

 

capturing hidden and mostly abandoned places, british photographer andrew brooks has created the series ‘secret cities’. the composite works were taken across different sites in manchester, UK and zoetermeer and sittard-geleen in the netherlands. seeking to expose the forgotten spaces in the urban fabric, the images transport one to derelict theaters, church roofs, disused bunkers and underground tunnels – forcing people to look a little harder at the mysterious areas that surround them.

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
flooded tunnel 

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
flooded bunker

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
hulme hippodrome 2

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
hulme hippodrome 7

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
hulme hippodrome 3

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
albert hall manchester

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
water tower

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
covered rived sittard

 

 

andrew brooks photographs abandoned places in secret cities
angelic view

 

 

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