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Missing Buildings: The Scars Left On London By The Blitz Photographers Thom and Beth Atkinson have created a series of images showing sites across London where traces of second world war bomb damage are still visible over 75 years later. Described by the pair as "a strange kind of archeology", the series reveals a mix of empty spaces and piecemeal development on sites bombed by Nazi Germany during the Blitz between 1940 and 1941. The resulting photographs are presented in the book Missing Buildings, recently published by Hwæt Books. On 7 September 1940, the first bombs of the Blitz fell across London, killing 448 people. These intensive raids continued for just over eight months both in London and across the UK. In London alone, almost 20,000 civilians died and up to one million homes were destroyed or seriously damaged – huge portions of the housing stock, including up to 80 per cent in the borough of Tower Hamlets.

A pilot's view of the world Dutch pilot Christiaan van Heijst's photographs capture the views he sees from his cockpit.

Sunsets Pictures A good sunset holds the power to stop just about anyone in their tracks. A glorious sunset is the epitome of fleeting beauty. Some people find it easy to lose themselves in an awe-inspiring sunset. For others, slowing down to appreciate such a quiet experience doesn’t come as readily. The instinct to stop and stare. Just like love at first sight, it takes your breath away, leaves you speechless and if only for a moment, slows down time. With the sun’s last rays peeking out from the horizon, comes the realization that tomorrow holds endless possibilities. You know it won’t last, but you savor every last bit of that fleeting beauty.

Blocked Public Footpath In Ministry of Defence Land; Lydd, Kent, England, 1988 A 1985 book called Land meant that Fay Godwin's landscape photography of picturesque views across Britain reached a wider audience. Capturing the changing landscape of Britain, however, her photographs were not only beautiful but also showed the effect that pollution and urbanisation had on the environment. The below photograph is particularly concerned with the impact that the Ministry of Defence was having on the area of Lydd, Kent, England. Meall Mor; Glencoe, 1989

Mr and Mrs Hudson, newsagents, Seacroft, Leeds, England, 1974 Peter Mitchell recorded some of the changes taking place in Leeds, as working class communities changed and factories were torn down. Here, Mr and Mrs Hudson stand outside their newsagents in the Seacroft area. These images were taken with the aid of a stepladder, using a medium format Hasselblad camera.

Men of 1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment in International Trench near the Yser Canal north of Ypres, 1915 By the start of World War One, progressions in technology meant that soldiers could capture images of their time in the trenches. Founded in 1888 by George Eastman, Kodak had already popularised amateur photography and when the The Vest Pocket Kodak camera appeared in 1912, it was branded as "The Soldier's Kodak". More than 28,000 of these cameras sold in 1915, meaning troops could document their life and travels for family back at home. This photo, from the same year, was taken by an anonymous soldier of the men of 1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment near the Yser Canal north of Ypres. Its depiction of smiling troops shows none of the tragedy that was to come.

The Ladder, April 1844 Polymath William Henry Fox Talbot began the history of British photography with the invention of his "calotype" process, patented in February 1841. By exposing chemically treated paper to light, and then "fixing" it with a chemical such as hyposulphite of soda, he managed to start publishing his first book of photography, The Pencil of Nature, only three years later. This image taken at Lacock Abbey, Talbot's home, is of a group of men standing around a ladder and was part of this book.

Washing line, Halifax, 1965

Durham miners, pictured with their ponies, 1965

Motor Racing at St. Ouen's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands by Elmar Ludwig,

Photographed Abandoned Houses Of God The photos have been taken in the past three years all around Europe. I find it very interesting to see how different countries have their own way of constructing these religious places. The architecture differs a lot which is fascinating. By​ Roman Robroek Chapel In France - Now In Renovation Synagogue In Romania Church In Czech Republic Church In Italy Church In France Church In Belgium Church In France - Part Of A School Church In Germany Little Room In A Church In Italy Chapel In France In A Cloister Church In Italy Chapel In Italy Small Chapel In France Chapel In Poland