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Photographer Captures Dark And Lonely Roads Around The World

Throughout his travels, Andy Lee has taken a lot of pictures of beautiful and forlorn roads around the world. Now, this creative director, filmmaker, painter, doodler and photographer (and we can probably also add “renaissance man” to the list) has collected these photos in an amazing series called “Roads” that will fill you with wanderlust.

He opens the photo gallery with a perfectly fitting quote from Jack Kerouac: “There was nowhere to go but everywhere.” The roads he’s shot over the years are eerily desolate and still.

One of this accomplished photographer’s series that he drew on was Blue Iceland, which we wrote about previously. Be sure to check out the rest of this prolific artist’s work as well, because he’s got a lot to show the world!

More info: andylee.co | 500px | Behance | Facebook | Twitter (h/t: twistedsifter)

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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TerryHarris 9 years ago

We live in the digital age. Photoshop is now used to enhance images. Get over it. In earlier days photos were enhanced in the darkroom.

7points

Wolfstarking 9 years ago

You can have the most expensive camera and photoshop but that doesn't make a photographer. It's within the person. Tools don't make artists.

7points

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BonnieGreenberg 9 years ago

Jesus, what the hell is your problem? Telling people to "get over it" because they like some photos? What giant bug crawled up your a*s?

1point

MissyMinx 9 years ago

Actually, in the old days they used to manipulate them as well. It was just much more "homely" made. Check how they erased Crawford freckles

1point

Brian Keklock 9 years ago

Same thing. You still have to have a good eye.

0points

RobertMancuso 9 years ago

Mysterious and captivating!

7points

AndreeaPalcu 9 years ago

Amazingly sad and inspiring.

4points

AurimasSteponavičius 9 years ago

awesome

3points

PinkBubble 9 years ago

Horse ♥♥♥

3points

JimmyOlsson 9 years ago

Very pretty, but a bit too photoshopped for my tastes

3points

Wolfstarking 9 years ago

So what? Photoshop is a tool that enhances the art. When people say things like that they sound pompous. Tools were made to help artists.

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HeberHud 9 years ago

it had to be photoshopped to treat IR light (:

4points

SandyGagnon 9 years ago

Who cares? They look beautiful. It's art.

3points

SamuelMiranda 9 years ago

its true

2points

NanaMoira 9 years ago

Wide open road.

1point

TurpinFfytche 8 years ago

One would like to know where these places are. One seldom gets a caption these days

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SashaS 9 years ago

there need to be captions for where each road is.

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BlakeHayes 9 years ago

Dreamlike

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AudreyDeGámez 9 years ago

Beautiful work! congratulations!

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54bb5622a3da0 9 years ago

LOVE!!

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blurplebee 9 years ago

All of theme look like there going to continue on to go no where, very cool

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Jonathan Levich 9 years ago

Truly evocative.

0points

9 years ago

super mooie foto's

0points

Rohan Ch 9 years ago

Mind Blowing...

0points

BrianKeklock 9 years ago

Wow!!

0points

jada sparks 9 years ago

Amazing!

0points

LeilaCarpenter 9 years ago

Suddenly photography looks interesting again

0points

GreenEyedGrl 9 years ago

Beautiful, hauntingly beautiful

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GiulioCesareStancato 9 years ago

Beautiul landscape...

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digitfields 9 years ago

Photography at it's best! You really get a feeling of isolation. His work is encapsulating!

0points

EgorPopov 9 years ago

Wow!!!!!

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LisaMedina 9 years ago

a photographer of trees myself these are simply gorgeous..

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GorouUsui 9 years ago

These rodes show us to our brighter futuer I hope.

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Mary Lillis 9 years ago

reminds me of my emotions

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ElynWalker 9 years ago

They are indeed dramatic and beautiful. But they'd be lot more intriguing and appealing to me if I knew where they were taken.

0points

LizCarlin 9 years ago

Love love love this series. Beautiful work.

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RobertStory 9 years ago

Beautiful.

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Charlene Adams 9 years ago

i really like all them great job . I am not usually into photography I prefer paintings but these are spectacular

0points

SusanWood 9 years ago

Beautiful, hauntingly beautiful

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RyanNickerson 9 years ago

I wish he had posted where each photo was taken.

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Jenn Leach 9 years ago

My favorites are the old roads with the trees leaning in, and the one with the horses~

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KathyDailey-Holstein 9 years ago

Awesome photography

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9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

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9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

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9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

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Ittipan “Toh” Langkulanon 9 years ago

It was like, facing to the storm and wall, of nature, of the planet, and of the mind.

0points

saskgayle 9 years ago

Always love pictures like these.

0points

RiaMir 9 years ago

PS is just a digital darkroom that allows the photographer to express his particular vision.

0points

LindaMarie 9 years ago

Nice. More... but more different paths

0points

Duane Tucker 9 years ago

Exquisite -- poetry of darkness -- photoshopped or not.

0points

DuaneTucker 9 years ago

Exquisite ! The poetry of darkness (photoshopped or not)

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9 years ago

Very dark and gloomy in some. I half expected to see Little Red Riding Hood to appear in some. Others looked like roads going to nowhere.

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AquelinaLauzid 9 years ago

They are not lonely they are peaceful.

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MattySimpson 9 years ago

F*****g ugly (spit) I hate beauty. Magnificent majesty makes me sick.

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SORINBREB 9 years ago

Good job

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viarani 9 years ago

love it..

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Deena JeNiro 9 years ago

Nice, but, too many of the same type of road, i.e., lonely road going towards mountains.....

0points

LauretteMylène 9 years ago

If my life could be interpreted into a picture, it would like like this.

0points

MarieNicole 9 years ago

Beautiful

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DanBeto 9 years ago

Great photography.

0points

9 years ago

They are beautiful and fill me full of intrigue as to the stories to be found along their paths.

0points

PeytonMcIntosh 9 years ago

such skill. Depth is captured very well and the contrast in values is amazing! I love photos like these!!! I also love photos of roads XD

0points

9 years ago

LOVE <3

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SeanPuglisi 9 years ago

I think the loneliest roads are in traffic.

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Funkalopigus 9 years ago

mesmerizing

0points

Pablo Retana L. 9 years ago

chingon

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PabloRetanaL. 9 years ago

chingon

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Hugo Van Herreweghe 9 years ago

prachtig!!!

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MartynTreeby 9 years ago

Breathtaking photographs!

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CarlaDaniëls 9 years ago

Not lonely at all... just heavenly <3

0points

Helena Mood 9 years ago

Lovely

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HelenaMood 9 years ago

Lovely

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BellaLoram 9 years ago

Brilliant and very good for imagination.

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BalamirNazlica 9 years ago

Amazing!Especially the b&w ones. If you like this kind of road photos I would recommend these too: https://www.boredpanda.com/vermont-blues/

0points

MichelleBacsikJustice 9 years ago

Absolutely beautiful and mysteriously stunning!!!

0points

Bruno Magalhães 9 years ago

Lindo.

0points

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TerryHarris 9 years ago

We live in the digital age. Photoshop is now used to enhance images. Get over it. In earlier days photos were enhanced in the darkroom.

7points

Wolfstarking 9 years ago

You can have the most expensive camera and photoshop but that doesn't make a photographer. It's within the person. Tools don't make artists.

7points

Load More Replies...

BonnieGreenberg 9 years ago

Jesus, what the hell is your problem? Telling people to "get over it" because they like some photos? What giant bug crawled up your a*s?

1point

MissyMinx 9 years ago

Actually, in the old days they used to manipulate them as well. It was just much more "homely" made. Check how they erased Crawford freckles

1point

Brian Keklock 9 years ago

Same thing. You still have to have a good eye.

0points

RobertMancuso 9 years ago

Mysterious and captivating!

7points

AndreeaPalcu 9 years ago

Amazingly sad and inspiring.

4points

AurimasSteponavičius 9 years ago

awesome

3points

PinkBubble 9 years ago

Horse ♥♥♥

3points

JimmyOlsson 9 years ago

Very pretty, but a bit too photoshopped for my tastes

3points

Wolfstarking 9 years ago

So what? Photoshop is a tool that enhances the art. When people say things like that they sound pompous. Tools were made to help artists.

7points

Load More Replies...

HeberHud 9 years ago

it had to be photoshopped to treat IR light (:

4points

SandyGagnon 9 years ago

Who cares? They look beautiful. It's art.

3points

SamuelMiranda 9 years ago

its true

2points

NanaMoira 9 years ago

Wide open road.

1point

TurpinFfytche 8 years ago

One would like to know where these places are. One seldom gets a caption these days

0points

SashaS 9 years ago

there need to be captions for where each road is.

0points

BlakeHayes 9 years ago

Dreamlike

0points

AudreyDeGámez 9 years ago

Beautiful work! congratulations!

0points

54bb5622a3da0 9 years ago

LOVE!!

0points

blurplebee 9 years ago

All of theme look like there going to continue on to go no where, very cool

0points

Jonathan Levich 9 years ago

Truly evocative.

0points

9 years ago

super mooie foto's

0points

Rohan Ch 9 years ago

Mind Blowing...

0points

BrianKeklock 9 years ago

Wow!!

0points

jada sparks 9 years ago

Amazing!

0points

LeilaCarpenter 9 years ago

Suddenly photography looks interesting again

0points

GreenEyedGrl 9 years ago

Beautiful, hauntingly beautiful

0points

GiulioCesareStancato 9 years ago

Beautiul landscape...

0points

digitfields 9 years ago

Photography at it's best! You really get a feeling of isolation. His work is encapsulating!

0points

EgorPopov 9 years ago

Wow!!!!!

0points

LisaMedina 9 years ago

a photographer of trees myself these are simply gorgeous..

0points

GorouUsui 9 years ago

These rodes show us to our brighter futuer I hope.

0points

Mary Lillis 9 years ago

reminds me of my emotions

0points

ElynWalker 9 years ago

They are indeed dramatic and beautiful. But they'd be lot more intriguing and appealing to me if I knew where they were taken.

0points

LizCarlin 9 years ago

Love love love this series. Beautiful work.

0points

RobertStory 9 years ago

Beautiful.

0points

Charlene Adams 9 years ago

i really like all them great job . I am not usually into photography I prefer paintings but these are spectacular

0points

SusanWood 9 years ago

Beautiful, hauntingly beautiful

0points

RyanNickerson 9 years ago

I wish he had posted where each photo was taken.

0points

Jenn Leach 9 years ago

My favorites are the old roads with the trees leaning in, and the one with the horses~

0points

KathyDailey-Holstein 9 years ago

Awesome photography

0points

9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

0points

9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

0points

9 years ago

https://www.facebook.com/299615696818241/photos/a.299619506817860.72119.299615696818241/644738992305908/?type=3&theater

0points

Ittipan “Toh” Langkulanon 9 years ago

It was like, facing to the storm and wall, of nature, of the planet, and of the mind.

0points

saskgayle 9 years ago

Always love pictures like these.

0points

RiaMir 9 years ago

PS is just a digital darkroom that allows the photographer to express his particular vision.

0points

LindaMarie 9 years ago

Nice. More... but more different paths

0points

Duane Tucker 9 years ago

Exquisite -- poetry of darkness -- photoshopped or not.

0points

DuaneTucker 9 years ago

Exquisite ! The poetry of darkness (photoshopped or not)

0points

9 years ago

Very dark and gloomy in some. I half expected to see Little Red Riding Hood to appear in some. Others looked like roads going to nowhere.

0points

AquelinaLauzid 9 years ago

They are not lonely they are peaceful.

0points

MattySimpson 9 years ago

F*****g ugly (spit) I hate beauty. Magnificent majesty makes me sick.

0points

SORINBREB 9 years ago

Good job

0points

viarani 9 years ago

love it..

0points

Deena JeNiro 9 years ago

Nice, but, too many of the same type of road, i.e., lonely road going towards mountains.....

0points

LauretteMylène 9 years ago

If my life could be interpreted into a picture, it would like like this.

0points

MarieNicole 9 years ago

Beautiful

0points

DanBeto 9 years ago

Great photography.

0points

9 years ago

They are beautiful and fill me full of intrigue as to the stories to be found along their paths.

0points

PeytonMcIntosh 9 years ago

such skill. Depth is captured very well and the contrast in values is amazing! I love photos like these!!! I also love photos of roads XD

0points

9 years ago

LOVE <3

0points

SeanPuglisi 9 years ago

I think the loneliest roads are in traffic.

0points

Funkalopigus 9 years ago

mesmerizing

0points

Pablo Retana L. 9 years ago

chingon

0points

PabloRetanaL. 9 years ago

chingon

0points

Hugo Van Herreweghe 9 years ago

prachtig!!!

0points

MartynTreeby 9 years ago

Breathtaking photographs!

0points

CarlaDaniëls 9 years ago

Not lonely at all... just heavenly <3

0points

Helena Mood 9 years ago

Lovely

0points

HelenaMood 9 years ago

Lovely

0points

BellaLoram 9 years ago

Brilliant and very good for imagination.

0points

BalamirNazlica 9 years ago

Amazing!Especially the b&w ones. If you like this kind of road photos I would recommend these too: https://www.boredpanda.com/vermont-blues/

0points

MichelleBacsikJustice 9 years ago

Absolutely beautiful and mysteriously stunning!!!

0points

Bruno Magalhães 9 years ago

Lindo.

0points

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