Julia Solis

Julia Solis is a writer and photographer who investigates ruined urban spaces. She is the founder of two arts organizations: Dark Passage and Ars Subterranea, both of which are dedicated to exploring and exposing New York City ruins and underground spaces.^[1]

Solis wrote the book New York Underground and her photography book Stages of Decay (Prestel, 2013) shows abandoned American and European theaters.^[2][3] She is the executive producer of the film American Ruins.^[1]

Publications

Publications by Solis

• Funeral Play. Artist book on wood veneer and video for Anthology Film Archives.
• Scrub Station. Koja, 2006. ISBN 978-0970722423. Short stories.
• New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City. Routledge, 2007. ISBN 978-0415963107.
• Stages of Decay. Prestel, 2013. ISBN 978-3791348193. Photographs.

Publications with others

• Dead Rollers. Collaboration with Tom Kirsch for Proteus Gowanus.
• Tales from the Sanatorium. Graphic novel in collaboration with Bryan Papciak and Ars Subterranea.
• Irma. Collaboration with Tom Kirsch, Furnace Press.

Films

• American Ruins – executive producer

See also

• Ruins photography
• Urban exploration