Decay Collection

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Blossom and Decay
BLOSSOM AND DECAY

Tablet of Shamash. beg. 9th c. BC. The sun-god Shamash (right) receiving the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina (left), between two interceding deities

Higgs boson, conceptual artwork
Higgs boson, conceptual computer artwork. The Higgs boson is a proposed fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass

Higgs boson, conceptual artwork
Higgs boson, conceptual computer artwork. The Higgs boson is a proposed fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass

Peter Greenaways A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

Driftwood on the beach at La Push on the Pacific Northwest coast, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Palace ruins at the Minoan archaeological site, Knossos, island of Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) fruiting bodies, growing on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) twig, Powys, Wales, March

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Rusting, decaying old fishing boat, Reykjanesskagi, Southern Peninsula or Reykjanes, Iceland

Mobile DP220755
Bunksland Farmhouse, East Anstey, North Devon. Detail of a mobile comprising silhouettes of horses, hanging from the ceiling in the farmhouses ground-floor room

Old abandoned shack by Mersey
Collapsing shelter on pier by the side of the Mersey in Liverpool at sunset

One rotten apple amongst other green apples

Filing DP346953
Redcar Steelworks, South Bank Coke Ovens, South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland, Teesside, North Yorkshire. Detail of filing cabinets in the archives office on the first floor of the coke oven offices at

No More Gold
Rob Darby

Requiem for a Lost Marque
Francis Keogh

Dead acacia trees silhouetted against sand dunes at Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Landscape with Ruins (oil on canvas)
CHT181992 Landscape with Ruins (oil on canvas) by Servandoni, Giovanni Niccolo (1695-1766); Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; Italian, out of copyright

Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa

A rusty abandoned car in the desert near Aus in southern Namibia, Africa

Nematode worm, SEM
Nematode worm, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Nematode worms are small worms that are unsegmented. Depending on the species, a nematode worm may be parasitic or free-living

Blowfly laying eggs, SEM
Blowfly laying eggs. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a female Lucilia sp. blowfly laying her eggs (lower left). A blowfly lays its eggs on dead bodies

Used dental floss, SEM
Used dental floss. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of dental plaque on strands of used dental floss. Plaque consists of a film of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix

King Oswalds Arm
St Aidan prayed that the arm of King Oswald, which had given freely to beggars, would never decay. A story told in Bedes History. The arm remained uncorrupted for 9 centuries

Barbiere
Stefan Nielsen

Polarised LM of a molar tooth showing decay
Tooth decay. Polarised light micrograph (PLM) of a longitudinal section through a molar tooth with dental caries, or tooth decay

Nuclear fusion, conceptual artwork

Rusting boats at edge of river, Tulcea, River Danube, Danube Delta, Dobrogea, Romania, may

Disused kitchenwares DD220769
Bunksland Farmhouse, East Anstey, North Devon. Detail of the sink in the kitchen on the ground-floor of the farmhouse, with disused cutlery and crockery abandoned on the drying rack

Aerial view of the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori in spring. Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Parco Campo dei Fiori, Lombardy, Italy

A glitch noise distortion texture background. Vector illustration

The Shipwreck of Sunbeam at Garden Island Ship Graveyard, Port Adelaide
The shipwreck of Sunbeam, located at the Garden Island of South Australia, was the first iron vessel to be abandoned in the Graveyard at around 1910

guitar syndrome
m salim bhayangkara

Blackhill, Glasgow, March 1970 Children playing in the street in the Blackhill district of Glasgow. March 1970

Derelict Buildings
Derelict building. The old Tooth and Co maltings building at Mittagong NSW Australia which have been abandoned since 1981

Aerial view of the Dosso dei Galli ex-military Nato base on the Maniva mountain zone. Bagolino, Maniva, Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy

Aerial view of the Dosso dei Galli ex-military Nato base on the Maniva mountain zone. Bagolino, Maniva, Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Birnbeck Pier DP218682
Birnbeck Island, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset. General view looking south-east along the pier, showing its derelict walkway and decaying timbers

Corrugated iron school DP183955
Gordon Primary School, Grangehill Road, Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London. Exterior view of the schools east classroom hut from the south

Decaying mosaic pavement DP168226
Doxford House, Warden Law Lane, New Silksworth, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear. Detail of the mosaic floor of the conservatory area on the east side of the derelict house

USA, Midwest, Alexander County, Illinois, Cairo

Myanmar (Burma), Yangon, Decaying Traditional Style Burmese Mansion

Locked in
Ling Zhang

Streetside Childhood
Ling Zhang

Going Away
Yves Gauvreau

Last Rays
Yves Gauvreau

The Courtyard
KIMIO KOBAYASHI

Deadvlei
Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp

On top of Hill (soft)
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Pink Checkered Curtains
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

lost
fotomarion

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Revival
Michel Romaggi

Fishermen's table
Patxi Pérez

Old boat
Manuel Jose Guillen Abad

Small Blue Front House
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Majestic 7R48858
joanaduenas

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

hidden
fotomarion

Forgotten Car
fotomarion

Peeling Back the Layers, #715
Andrew Beavis

Old Garage (soft)
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Under the Mountain
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Old Truck bw
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Highland House (soft)
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Texture1
Dragan Jovancevic

Pointed Roof
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Weather Beaten (soft)
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

After Long and Hard Duties
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Bygone times
Michel Romaggi

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

Lost souls
Michel Romaggi

Dead Machines
Adam Dauria ☂

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"Decay: A Haunting Journey Through Time and Nature's Erosion" Step into the world of decay, where the echoes of time whisper through forgotten realms. From Hogarth's Gin Lane to the delicate dance between Blossom and Decay, this captivating concept reveals the fragility of existence. Like a Higgs boson in conceptual artwork, decay permeates every corner of our universe, and is as ancient as the Tablet of Shamash, dating back to the 9th century BC when even the sun-god witnessed its relentless grip on life. In Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), decay becomes an artistic muse, transforming driftwood on La Push beach into melancholic poetry along Washington State's Pacific Northwest coast. Nature too succumbs to its inevitable fate; Coral Spot Fungus finds solace in Sycamore twigs amidst Powys' Welsh landscape. Palace ruins at Minoan archaeological sites stand testament to civilizations long lost but not forgotten. Even modern marvels bear witness to decay's touch; an aerial view captures both beauty and deterioration as it gazes upon Belvedere Hotel and Furka Pass road - immortalized by James Bond in Goldfinger - nestled within Switzerland's majestic Swiss Alps. Yet perhaps no image strikes closer than that polarised LM photograph revealing tooth decay. Within its microscopic realm lies a reminder that even our own bodies are subject to nature’s unyielding forces. And finally, an old abandoned shack by Mersey stands stoically against time itself. Its decaying walls tell stories untold, reminding us that all things must eventually return from whence they came. In these glimpses into worlds touched by decay – be it art or nature – we find both sorrow and wonder. For within each moment captured lies a profound lesson about impermanence and the cyclical nature of existence itself.