My new favorite website is Lost America. It’s a collection of thematic photographs from Troy Paiva, who shoots all his photos at night, and almost all of them are of abandoned or decaying property - mostly located in California.

I have quite a penchant for photography of urban decay, and his night photography just takes it to another level. While he does use some flash and flash gels for light effects, the majority of these long exposure photos are light entirely by moonlight.

He explores aircraft boneyards, abandoned homes and ghost towns, old signs and cold war relics, many of which are out in the high deserts of California, essentially no-man’s land. It’s pretty incredible to see the decay of society and wonder how and why anyone was way out in the middle of nowhere to begin with.

A few more of my favs - enjoy: