Photographer Jade Doskow has spent the last decade documenting crumbling and thriving World's Fair sites across North America and Europe for her Lost Utopias series.
Knoxville 1982 World's Fair, "Energy Turns the World", Sunsphere, 2009.
Once a display of the time's most pioneering ideas, these exposition sites now exist predominantly in a state of decline or dereliction.
The dystopian-style series has seen Doskow travel to and photograph the remaining art, architecture and landscaping at 27 of the World's Fairs sites across North America and Europe.
The images illustrate the urban sites in their recent states, having either been left victim to the elements like New York's 1964 State Pavilion, or revived and maintained as popular tourist attractions like Paris' Eiffel Tower. Philadelphia 1876 World's Fair, "Centennial Exposition", Fair Washrooms, 2008.
The concept for the Lost Utopias project initially developed from a family trip to Seville in 2004, when New York-based Doskow came across the 1992 World's Exposition site.
"I was immediately captivated by the surreality of the situation and the seemingly hodgepodge use of the huge site," she explained.
"Canals were filled with tall grasses, a decorative fountain glistened with beer cans and algae, many structures were overgrown with weeds, yet several buildings were still in use, including for the RTVA radio station of Seville."
New York 1964 World's Fair, "Peace T...