How Urban Explorers Are Risking Arrest and Death to Explore NYC With Their Cameras

Here’s a 5-minute video by Seeker Stories about how young urban explorers are connecting through Instagram and teaming up to explore the hidden places of New York City. They risk arrest — and often death — to see and photograph the city from perspectives that ordinary people will never get to experience.

As the video mentions at the beginning, the activities seen in it are illegal and dangerous, so you shouldn’t try this yourself.

Here are some photographs by the urbex photographers featured in the film:

A photo posted by @kostennn on Feb 19, 2015 at 5:14pm PST

A photo posted by @demidism on Feb 18, 2015 at 7:01am PST

A photo posted by @demidism on Jan 18, 2015 at 5:33pm PST

A photo posted by @demidism on Jan 16, 2015 at 9:38am PST

A photo posted by @demidism on Dec 16, 2014 at 6:03pm PST

A photo posted by @shot_by_ian on Jan 14, 2015 at 7:27pm PST

A photo posted by Gregory Berg (@gbergphoto) on Jan 26, 2015 at 1:10pm PST

A photo posted by James Lanning (@jamesslanning) on Dec 8, 2014 at 4:20pm PST

A photo posted by Lindsay Nunnery (@lindsay_nunnery) on Jan 15, 2015 at 6:31am PST

A photo posted by HEAVYMINDS (@heavy_minds) on Feb 9, 2015 at 4:27pm PST

A photo posted by HEAVYMINDS (@heavy_minds) on Jan 20, 2015 at 2:20pm PST

(via Seeker Stories via Mashable)