Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Once More New York

A cover illustration of IF Science Fiction from July 1965. There's New York under water, maybe caused by Aliens.


Monday, January 6, 2014

Surrealist Disasters


Two works by the Russian-Canadian artist George Grie (born 1962). Grie specializes in 3D, 2D, and matte painting images. He is strongly influenced by famous surrealists such as René Magritte and Salvador Dalí.


Monday, December 30, 2013

Scooby Gang as Zombie Hunters



The Photographer Jeff Zoet published a series of photos that re-imagine the Scooby Gang as a group of post-apocalyptic zombie hunters.


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Kindof Vampirella

Because of its colors this post-apocalyptic pin-up looks a litte like Vampirella. It's by the Brazilian illustrator José Luiz Benicio.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Beautiful Disaster


Sure that the post-apocalyptic science fiction film Oblivion isn't the best of the genre, but there are some really beautiful views of destroyed Americans icons: the Empire State Building, the Pentagon, the Superdome, the Washington obelisk with the Capitol in the back and last not least New York as a landscape.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Abandoned Amusement-Park


Dadipark was opened in october 1949 in the belgium town of Dadizeele. It was until it closed in 2003 one of the oldest amusement park of belgium. Since 2003 nature is slowly invading the deserted park, closed after an accident.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Post apocalyptic Dioramas


Lori Nix is a New York based photographer who specializes in constructing dioramas and photographing these. One of her projects is "The City" showing a post apocalyptic dioramas of Art museums, Broadway theaters, laundromats and bars etc.
She tells also that she's very interested in depicting danger and disaster, and greatly influenced by landscape painting, particularly the Hudson River School and the Romantic painter Casper David Friedrich.
Why doesn't this surprise me.
More photos here
 

Friday, November 15, 2013

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Sole Survivor

Cover of the famous science fiction novel City (1952) by Clifford D. Simak.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Nazi Ruins

The remains of the gigantic Nazi resort Prora on the isle of Rügen. The building has a length of 4.5 kilometres.