Abandoned

Huffington Post called him a master of the abandonedand for good reason. Take a strange and wonderful photographic journey into a world time has forgottenamusement parks that have been shut down and overgrown. The artivist known only as Seph Lawless has spent the last ten years photo-documenting the America that was left behind in the throes of economic instability and overall declinedecrepit shopping malls, houses, factories, even amusement parks. Through nearly two hundred gorgeous and elegiac photographs, Abandoned details Lawlesss journey into what was once the very heart of American entertainment: the amusement park. Here is includes: Disney Worlds Discovery Island and River Country Joyland Amusement Park Dogpatch USA Fun Spot Amusement Park and Zoo Bushkill Amusement Park Land of Oz Lake Shawnee Amusement Park Geauga Lake Amusement Park Spreepark Chippewa Lake Amusement Park Enchanted Forest Playland And more! Lawless visits deserted parks across the country, capturing in stark detail their dilapidated state, natural overgrowth, and obvious duality of sad and playful symbolism. Previously self-published as Bizarro, this updated edition of Lawlesss photographic tribute to decaying American amusement parks contains new content and a new foreword.