Urban decay and demolition by neglect is present in all urban settings. All buildings have a story, a history, a life, and a death. Industrial factories rust. Office buildings slowly crumble. Residential buildings are reclaimed by the elements. It is a rarity that these building evolutions are witnessed by those outside their walls. Sean seeks to go where many have gone in the past, but few go today. To explore, embrace, and bring sight to these spaces and environments from which others avert their gaze.

To document that which once was kinetic, but now lies dormant and decaying; Even with man-made objects, death is a part of life and has its own beauty.

Sean's photographs have appeared in the Toronto Star, the National Post, Buffalo Art Voice, Brownfield News Magazine, Canadian Consulting Engineer Magazine, U&I Magazine, and on the CD packaging for the Mike Lawless release "One Piano, One Mike". His photos are part of the permanent collection of the Roundhouse Gallery and in private collections in Canada, the United States, and in several international countries.

Sean is a founding member of the urban exploration photography collective, the DK Photo Group. He is also a contributor to blogTO.

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Photo by Rannie Turingan