Silent Hill
Jonny Joo, 23, visits derelict malls, stations, towers and other places because they remind him of Silent Hill – a psychological horror video game which was made into a film. “When I first started exploring places, so many would remind me of the game. It was a world I was kind of obsessed with because of how dark and eerie it looked”, Joo said. His book, titled “Empty Spaces”, will feature 116 images and is being released this week.
An abandoned old grain silo, described by the photographer as “peaceful”. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
One of Cleveland’s abandoned YMCA facilities. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
Foliage lines the walls of the abandoned factories of Westinghouse Electric of Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
An old country home known as the “Safety Brick” left in a state of disrepair, situated in the middle of nowhere. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
An interior view of Cleveland’s abandoned aquarium, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A preserved mural resides above the decaying grandeur of Cleveland’s St. Joseph Byzantine church in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
Fanny’s 50’s Diner of Collinwood near the East side of Cleveland in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A dilapidated country school house in an area where there has been a significant drop in the population, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
The photographer balances on a bar to capture the inside view from the top floor of the Rayon Plant in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
The vast auditorium of Larimer Elementary school in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A general view of the subsequently demolished Geneva Victorian home in Ohio. Its owners are said to have been the richest in the area. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
The very tall dome ceiling rises over the debris in the middle of Our Lady of Hope church. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
An inside view of the Newburgh Masonic Temple in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
The remains of this house’s former occupant, said to be navy man, lie scattered on the floor, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
Smashed pews inside the Tried Stone Baptist church of Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A deserted room in Detroit Hope Hospital, trashed vandals and plundered by thieves, Michigan. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
Trees grow amongst the tracks of the ruined Big Dipper roller coaster at Geauga Lake Amusement park in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
Detritus litters the interior of an old Victorian home in the country hills of Geneva, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A favourite of the photographer, folliage lines the floor of the “green room”, in the industrial Rayon Corp of Painesville, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
An abandoned and derelecit country home in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A photo showcasing architecture within St. Joseph Byzantine of Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A general view of the abandoned Richman Bros. of Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
The damaged kitchen inside the country home known as the “Safety Brick”, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
An inside view of the community room of the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A row of generators inside the abandoned Rayon Plant of Painesville, Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A damaged bedroom at the Days Inn, situated in the abandoned Randall Park in Ohio. The hotel is said to have been abandoned since the early 1990’s. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A glass-walled corridor at Cleveland’s abandoned aquarium in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
A glass-walled corridor at Cleveland’s abandoned aquarium in Ohio. (Photo by Jonny Joo/Barcroft Media)
