Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks

Huffington Post called him "a master of the abandoned"--and for good reason. Take a strange and wonderful photographic journey into a world time has forgotten--amusement 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 decline--decrepit shopping malls, houses, factories, even amusement parks.

Through nearly two hundred gorgeous and elegiac photographs, Abandoned details Lawless's journey into what was once the very heart of American entertainment: the amusement park. Here is includes:

• Disney World's 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 Lawless's photographic tribute to decaying American amusement parks contains new content and a new foreword.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 10/10/2017
ISBN: 9781510723351
Pages: 216
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.30w x 1.30d