![Instatraveller Demond Meek](http://media.assettype.com/outlooktraveller%2Fimport%2Foutlooktraveller%2Fpublic%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ftravelnews%2F2017%2F06%2FInstagram.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
Demond Meek (@dmeek) is a photographer based in St Louis, USA, who takes portraits of timeworn buildings in his hometown. He began his photo series Slum Beautiful to explore abandoned buildings that were once considered beautiful. He centres all his subjects as if they are human beings and edits them so that they give a vintage, abandoned look. The photo series includes around 72 buildings. Here are some pictures from the series