Damaged Landscapes and their Terrible Beauty [Photo Gallery]

Aug. 19, 2015
These striking landscapes have been damaged through human intervention or by natural forces. Nature has reclaimed many of these industrial sites.

For this contest, Triggertrap and Photocrowd https://www.photocrowd.com/about wanted to see how photographers captured the beauty and the power of damaged landscapes.

These are the “expert” and “crowd” winners of the Photocrowd “Damaged Landscapes” photography contest. The titles supplied by the photographers are in quotation marks. Titles without quotation marks have been added by the editor. Where available, remarks by either the photographer or judge Paul Shears have been included.

Shears is an architecture and urban landscape photographer who also shoots weddings, portraits and events. His images have been featured in TV advertisements, books and magazines as well as being sold to companies around the world. Paul is a Getty Images Artist and licenses a number of images through them. Most recently he had two images commended in the 'Your View' category of the Take A View 2014 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

About the Author

Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.

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