After days exploring Georgia, our journey ended in the Armenian mountains, camping beside the most extraordinary relic of Soviet astronomy: the Orgov Radio-Optical Telescope.

The Apollo Cinema in Tbilisi is one of the city’s oldest surviving theatres, built in 1909 in a beautiful Art Nouveau style and later renamed “October” during the Soviet period. Now abandoned, its grand facade stands as a reminder of its past life as one of Georgia’s grandest cinemas. Built in 1909 and lit up by flood lights; the magnificent main hall of Tbilisi's Apollo Cinema Last year, we tried to get inside but couldn’t find a way in. This time, we reached out to a couple

Tskaltubo in Georgia, a once grand Soviet spa town, is now largely abandoned and quietly crumbling. I first visited here during my trip to Georgia last year, and returning was a dream.

Travelling across Georgia with just a backpack each, we set out to photograph the country’s abandoned buildings - from pastel pink staircases to decaying Soviet-era theatres. This post covers our first stops in Shroma and Dagva, where forgotten architecture still tells vivid stories of the past. For the full gallery, including both my digital and film photographs from these locations, scroll to the end of the page to see the complete selection.

Located in the mouth of the River Medway, Grain Tower is an off-shore mid-19th century gun situated just east of Grain.

Manholes in the middle of Paris, tight crawl spaces and wading through chest high water underground. I still can't get over the fact we pulled this off.

During our week-long stay in Bangkok, we decided to take a train to Wang Yen. Our goal was to volunteer at the hands-off Somboon Legacy Elephant Sanctuary. After an unforgettable day with the elephants, we hitched a ride back into Kanchanaburi. I had heard whispers about an old paper factory nearby, and curiosity led us there.

This once was one of the largest spa towns in the Soviet Union, but when the USSR collapsed in 1991, its sanatoriums were abandoned.