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NIGHT VISION:
THE ART OF URBAN EXPLORATION
Street date approximately 6/1/08.
Available
for pre-order here.
From
the Chronicle Books press release:
A booming subculture is on the rise: dubbed Urban Exploration,
it involves sneaking into abandoned or off-limits factories, aviation
"boneyards," decommissioned bases, and other derelict
features of the military/industrial landscape. Troy Paiva is a
foremost photographer of the UrbEx (as it's known to its devotees)
phenomenon, and his distinctive blend of atmospheric night photos
and lighting effects are the visual hallmarks of a scene that
has drawn the increasing attention of the media and the public—as
seen in recent programs on both the Discovery Channel ("Urban
Explorers") and MTV ("Fear"). Illuminated by histories
of the sites documented, Night Vision reveals the remarkable discoveries
of a new generation of explorers.
Troy Paiva is an author, photographer, and urban explorer. Geoff
Manaugh is the author of the popular Web site BLOGBLOG.

LOST AMERICA:
THE ABANDONED ROADSIDE WEST
Released 2003.
Available here.
From the Motorbooks
International press release:
A stunningly photographed examination of the roadside icons that
dot America's landscape. Lost America celebrates the boom-to-bust
towns, aircraft bone yards, and filling stations of days past
that were sacrificed at the altars of speed and technology and
relegated to windswept desert plains and abandoned fields. The
eye-catching and memorable photography is complemented with a
succinct text history that details the rise and fall of each subject.
The result is an impressive tour of an America still standing,
yet largely forgotten.
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