(CNN)The derelict is not the first thing that most people would choose to study, but neglected and rotting structures are photographer Brian Precious" specialty.
A 40-year old executive at a transport company by day, he visits abandoned buildings in his spare time -- from sorry-looking children"s camps and vacant hospitals to run-down castles -- creating haunting images of places reduced to just a shadow of their former selves.
The history of the place, definitely. Nature taking over too. Sometimes you see a roof collapsed and moss growing on the floor. If you leave it as it is, a tree will grow in the house, and things like that are what fascinates people, I think.
I don"t see it as negative. Decay can be very beautiful but it"s personal. A lot of people like the pictures because it raises questions but to hang it on your living room wall, that"s another question.
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