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The vestiges of Abkhazia, a country that does not exist, an abandoned power plantturned into a set for Hollywood movies, the Buffer Zone in Cyprus, the ghost city ofthe Chernobyl disaster, an Art Nouveau theatre in Brussels, a unique 18th-centuryItalian fortification, the city of Tskaltubo with its waters of immortality, one of theoldest baths in Romania ...

Roman Robroek is an urban-obsessed and award-winning photographer, born andraised in the enchanting south of the Netherlands. He takes unique photos offorgotten abandoned places all over the world. What is the story behind thosebuildings? Who used to live there? What purpose did these objects serve, and whywere they abandoned? This curiosity has created a close bond between him andUrban Photography, and Oblivion is the result of the last 10 years, which he spentexploring incredible ghostly locations, trying to answer these endless questions.