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Is this what they call the Oval Office?
Title:Is this what they call the Oval Office?
Somewhere in the capital of Hungary this beauty is hidden from plain sight. Huge film productions have been here. Still this amazing place is abandoned.


Bas van der Poel
Netherlands



Biography: I am a Dutch photographer with a passion for the beauty of decay. I explore the normally unseen or off-limit parts of urban areas or industrial facilities to make pictures of the beauty of natural decay, before they are trashed, demolished or renovated. The buildings I shoot can be hospitals, castles, manors, industrial buildings or private houses. These buildings are not freely accessible and visiting them is often dangerous.