What Jonk is doing with Naturalia carries a really strong message: showing how the Earth would look if Man were to disappear. This message might be apocalyptic. But the way he does it certainly isn’t at all. By carefully choosing the places he photographs, Jonk uses beauty to get his message across.

« Préparez-vous à être captivé par Naturalia III, le dernier chef-d’œuvre du célèbre photographe Jonk. Connu pour ses images saisissantes qui mettent en valeur la puissance implacable de la nature, le troisième volet de la série Naturalia de Jonk continue de captiver le public. » Formulance (traduit de l’anglais)

2018年6月28日 · Through his lens, French Photographer Jonathan “Jonk” Jimenez has captured nature that has found its way into the abandoned buildings. His recently released book “Naturalia” is about a collection of images that showcases how nature has reclaimed her own property. Be it rusty places, broken windows- everything looks lively due to the ...

2020年1月25日 · Inspired by a wildlife documentary he saw as a child, Paris-based photographer Jonk (Jonathan Jimenez) travels the world in search of man-made structures that have been abandoned and reclaimed by nature. A jungle fills a dilapidated theater in Cuba, roots snake through a mansion in Taiwan, and a wild garden sprouts in a former greenhouse in ...

French photographer Jonk has spent the past 11 years capturing the beauty of abandoned spaces where nature reclaims its territory. His work offers a poetic reflection on time, decay, and the power of nature.

2021年9月6日 · I discovered urban exploration at the end of years 2000 through rooftops, subways, and the city's unofficial catacombs. At that time, I found another subject for interesting photos: documenting the unseen side of the city.

2024年10月17日 · Around the world, Jonathan Jimenez, a.k.a. Jonk, has visited more than 1,500 abandoned sites in nearly 50 countries. From crumbling churches to vacant theaters, the Paris-based photographer (previously) seeks unique ruins that nature gradually subsumes.

2016年10月10日 · French photographer Jonk drove over 5,000 kilometers through southeast Europe. His subject matter? Yugoslavian monuments, or “spomenik” in Serbian. Built in the 1960s and 70s under former...

2021年6月14日 · In documenting abandoned sites of human activity which have been reclaimed by nature, French photographer Jonathan Jimenez (also known by his urban artist moniker Jonk) brings us to confront that...

Naturalia is a curated collection of images showcasing abandoned places reclaimed by nature. Ornate country mansions, luxury modernist designer homes, stone churches, farm holdings, factories, institutions, private homes, train stations, planes, cars, tanks, trains, palatial courtyards, spaces of work and play, life and death, all in the vivid ...