Henk van Rensbergen is a Boeing 787 pilot who flies around the globe. While his crew rests at the swimming pool, he goes out to explore the abandoned places of our world. From a floating warship cemetery in France, a forgotten love hotel in Japan to a flooded theme park in New Orleans, Henk van Rensbergen searches for the beauty of their desolation and pinpoints the richness of their decay. Van Rensbergen is a pioneering Urban Explorer. His Abandoned Places photo books (1, 2, 3 and The Photographer's Selection) have been highly successful. This pocket size book shows his most iconic photos of the past 25 years, including some unpublished material and anecdotes.

Henk van Rensbergen is a Boeing 787 pilot who flies around the globe. While his crew rests at the swimming pool, he goes out to explore the abandoned places of our world. From a floating warship cemetery in France, a forgotten love hotel in Japan to a flooded theme park in New Orleans, Henk van Rensbergen searches for the beauty of their desolation and pinpoints the richness of their decay. Van Rensbergen is a pioneering Urban Explorer. His Abandoned Places photo books (1, 2, 3 and The Photographer's Selection) have been highly successful. This pocket size book shows his most iconic photos of the past 25 years, including some unpublished material and anecdotes.