Carved castle by candlelight in the catacombs, France — Nicolas Marincic

Themes

Urbex

104 photos

Cities never really sleep — even their abandoned parts keep breathing. Urban exploration is about finding those forgotten places, the ones time has quietly erased from memory.

Old factories, empty hospitals, silent theatres, or hidden bunkers — each location tells a story through dust and silence. Somewhere deep in the forest, a lost NATO bunker still hums faintly with the echoes of the Cold War. Beneath Paris, the catacombs stretch endlessly, a city beneath the city, where history and darkness intertwine.

Photographing these spaces is not about nostalgia, but about presence. It’s a way to capture the beauty of what remains, to listen to walls that still speak.

Urbex is a journey into time itself — fragile, forbidden, and strangely alive.

Highlights

My favourite images from this series.

Carved castle by candlelight in the catacombs, France — Nicolas MarincicSand-filled red room in window light, Kolmanskop, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicMoynaq ship graveyard, Aral Sea, Uzbekistan — Nicolas MarincicHokusai wave fresco by candlelight, catacombs, France — Nicolas MarincicFanlight doorway, chequered floor and desert, Kolmanskop, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicFlooded gallery beneath a painted fresco, catacombs, France — Nicolas MarincicBathtub half-buried in sand, Kolmanskop, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicCandlelit carved village in the catacombs, France — Nicolas MarincicHospital corridor invaded by sand, Kolmanskop, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicArmoured car lit by candles, NATO bunker, France — Nicolas MarincicSand-filled doorways at Kolmanskop, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicAbandoned château mirrored in its pond, France — Nicolas Marincic