Abandoned bowling alley, Connecticut

A Decade
in Decay

Ten years of getting into places I wasn't supposed to be. 112 pages. Twelve stories. One print run.

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About the book

Every photo in here has a story. I'm happy to finally share them with you, but its best not to copy them.

10
Years
2
Continents
12
Chapters
112
Pages

A Decade in Decay is a hardcover collecting ten years, 2014 to 2024, of photographing abandoned places across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Detroit, the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, two weeks of traveling through France, the tunnels under New York, and much more.

Twelve chapters, each one a first-person account of how the photos were taken: the fences, the near-misses, getting shot at in Detroit, a Geiger counter maxing out in Pripyat. I wrote it the way it happened. It isn't polished and I didn't want it to be.

One print run. Once the pre-order closes, that's the edition.

Twelve chapters

In the order it happened.

No previews. The photographs stay in the book.

  1. 01

    Where It Began

    An iPhone, a sanatorium, and the reason I bought a real camera.

  2. 02

    The Exclusion Zone

    Pripyat with a Geiger counter that stopped counting.

  3. 03

    A Group of Strangers

    Two weeks across France with people I had never met.

  4. 04

    Beneath the City

    The tunnels, tracks and stations under New York.

  5. 05

    Missing Chapter

    A gallery through the years of places I will never forget.

  6. 06

    Unauthorized Access

    A field of tanks at sunrise.

  7. 07

    Careless Stupidity

    A coal plant, and the mistakes I am still not proud of.

  8. 08

    Gunfire & Holding Cells

    Detroit, and the closest I have come to not making it home.

  9. 09

    Over the Years

    One hospital, revisited across ten years.

  10. 10

    Definitely Not the United States

    A panopticon prison becomes an elementary school.

  11. 11

    Cops Circling

    Seen on entry, and hours waiting out the cops to avoid prison time.

  12. 12

    Animal Research

    A place I don't approve of and am glad it's closed.

Sorry, some of the photos in this book have never and will never grace the internet due to my desire to protect the locations. If you would like to see any of the photos in the book, you will have to pre-order. 😘

— Ryan

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A reminder

I don't recommend any of this. Not the fences, not the rooftops, not the buildings with floors that aren't there anymore. These are stories about what I did, not suggestions for what you should do.

Adapted from the book's own disclaimer.

Ryan Garb standing on top of an abandoned roller coaster loop
About the author

Ryan Garb

Photographer, based in New England. Started exploring abandoned buildings in 2014 and never really stopped. This is the first book.

@abandoned_newengland
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A Decade in Decay — hardcover
112 pages · twelve chapters · one print run
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