Photographer and urban explorer David de Rueda travels the world in search of abandoned and off-limit places, inspired by the beauty of nightscapes. From underground infrastructure to rooftops, urban exploration (or urbex) offers an almost endless playground for those who dare to venture into it. From the top of New York’s bridges to airplane boneyards in California, David spent three months travelling across the United States to produce Urban Escape, a road movie following American explorers on their secret adventures. In 2015, Nikon gave him free rein to create a photo series blending Soviet vestiges and science-fiction aesthetics, stretching from Italy to Kazakhstan—where he notably spotlighted the forgotten space shuttles of the Buran program in Baikonur. He is also featured in Red Bull’s Urbex series and serves as the central figure of Google’s Curio-Cité campaign, introducing the general public to the hidden world of urban exploration in Paris.
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11/2020, France Inter. Urbex, les aventuriers des sites abandonnés.
01/2018, Fubiz. Urban Escape : America’s Forgotten Places.
11/2017, CNN. Inside abandoned ruins of a Soviet space shuttle.
09/2016, The Red Bulletin. Portfolio exclusif par David de Rueda, explorateur urbain.
05/2016, BBC Travel. The places the world forgot.
05/2016, BBC Travel. A hauntingly beautiful disaster.
03/2016, CNN. Alien dreamscapes: The eerie beauty of abandoned Soviet spaces.
07/2015, L’Obs. GRAND FORMAT. Urbex : il fait un tour d’Europe des lieux abandonnés.
06/2015, The Guardian. Beauty in ruins: abandoned places in Europe and Asia – in pictures.
06/2015, BuzzFeed. 16 Abandoned Places That Show What Life Will Be Like After Humans.
06/2015, Fubiz. The Forgotten Places of Europe.
01/2014, Les Inrocks. #URBEX : exploration nocturne et clandestine d’un cargo abandonné.
11/2013, Connaissance des Arts. David de Rueda, points de vue.
09/2013, Technikart. Visites interdites.
05/2013, Libération. Portrait David de Rueda, Urbi et urbex.
11/2012, Rue89. Avec des explorateurs urbains : « Entrer, c’est qu’une étape ».
2024, Cholet Photo Festival (collective exhibition), Art and History Museum, Cholet.
2022, (Un)making Home (collective exhibition), Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, Rome.
2022, New Minett (collective exhibition), Konschthal Esch, Luxembourg.
2019, Urban Exploration Photo Exhibition (collective exhibition), Luxexpo The Box, Luxembourg.
2018, Urbex : à la recherche de passés oubliés (collective exhibition), La Bastille, Grenoble.
2015, Urban Escape (solo exhibition), Hôtel C2, Marseille.
2013, Ma Samaritaine 2013 (collective exhibition), La Samaritaine, Paris.
2011, CMJN, à chacun sa couleur (collective exhibition), Festival MAP, Toulouse.
