Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov are two of the preeminent ‘rooftoppers’ in the world. Together they are On The Roofs; the duo gained notoriety earlier this year when their GoPro video of them scaling world’s second tallest building (Shanghai Tower) went viral. The Sifter has previously featured their amazing exploits (see here, here and…
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov / On The Roofs Rooftopping duo Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov (On The Roofs) made the most of their recent trip to Hong Kong. Not only did they take a heap of incredible images that show what Hong Kong looks like from the roofs of buildings, but they managed to…
The duo that scaled the 2nd tallest building in the world (see here and here) are back, sharing a recent stunt they pulled in Hong Kong. Not only did they scale a skyscraper in the heart of Hong Kong, but they managed to ‘alter’ the massive billboard that sits atop the roof to share…
In 2013, photographer Rebecca Litchfield was commissioned by Carpet Bombing Culture to photograph the abandoned buildings and areas of the former Soviet Union and its satellite states. Litchfield’s journey took her through ten countries in Eastern Europe to capture what was left from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The result was Soviet Ghosts,…
Photograph by Roberto Venegoni In this eerily serene capture, we see an overgrown courtyard at an abandoned psychiatric hospital. I came across the photo while looking through abandoned images on Flickr. Photographer Roberto Venegoni didn’t specify the exact location of the derelict building, but you can see more images from the set here. …
Photographer Daniel Lau uses his ‘selfie stick’ to take dizzying footage of a rooftopping adventure 346 meters (1,135 feet) above the streets of Hong Kong. Lau, with friends Andrew Tso and A.S. are seen in the video casually eating bananas while perched dangerously on the spire of The Center, Hong Kong’s fifth-tallest skyscraper. …
Photographer and urban explorer Ivan Kuznetsov shows us the world from a vantage point many of us will never experience first hand. Based in Moscow, the Russian photographer is a well-known ‘rooftopper’, which means he scales tall buildings and structures (often illegally) to take dizzying aerial photos of the world below. While ‘extreme’ rooftopping…
Photograph by Jesse Rockwell | tasteoftheroad.com Down a nondescript soi (Thai term for side-street) in the old town of Bangkok you will find the abandoned New World shopping mall. Travel photographer Jesse Rockwell ventured beyond the ‘Do Not Enter’ sign and discovered a flooded building overrun with koi and catfish. On his travel blog,…
On 23 August 1975 the Pontiac Silverdome officially opened its doors. For 22 years it was the largest stadium in the National Football League (NFL). The stadium complex, which sat on 127 acres (51 ha) of land, had a capacity of 80,000+. The Silverdome hosted the Detroit Lions of the NFL (1975–2001), the Detroit…
SELFIE FROM THE TOP OF RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph by Lee Thompson / The Flash Pack Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram During a visit to the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro; Lee Thompson, founder of the Flash Pack travel company, was granted permission by the Brazilian…
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