A peacock standing in a deserted area of Dubai, with abandoned buildings and a dry landscape in the background.

This post apocalyptic series created by award-winning photographer Richard Allenby-Pratt imagines a doomsday scenario for the United Arab Emirates when a cheap, clean hydrogen fuel is developed.  The oil-producing regions sink into chaos as oil drops to previously unheard of low prices. These scenes show zoo animals released into the abandoned city of Dubai.โ€‚

A giraffe standing among palm trees in a barren landscape, with the skyline of Dubai in the background, depicting a post-apocalyptic scene.

A barren landscape featuring a dusty terrain with abandoned buildings in the background, capturing a post-apocalyptic scene.

An abandoned concrete structure in a post-apocalyptic setting, featuring a goat standing on a ledge amidst the columns.

An abandoned beachfront resort in Dubai, featuring empty pools, dead palm trees, and overgrown landscaping, captured in a post-apocalyptic style.

A desolate urban landscape featuring a partially demolished building overgrown with vegetation, alongside an unfinished structure and a modern skyscraper in the background, illustrating a post-apocalyptic scenario.
A serene post-apocalyptic scene depicting a reflective water body under an overpass in Dubai, with a lone animal standing on the bank and skyscrapers in the background.

Richard Allenby-Pratt divided his time between the UK and the Middle East for many years, working in advertising and design. He now is relocated to Suffolk, UK where he is now committed to photographing his home county and working for local clients. Find out more about this work at The Suffolk Project


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  • Jan, I can see all the text, but none of the images are visible: each is just a big white square with that tiny blue square with its white ?-mark in the middle. This is the first time I’d have this problem with any of your posts. When out of curiosity I clicked on the first question-mark, it took me to what seems to be Allenby-Pratt’s own website for this project, where I had access to both text and images. I’ll be interested to see if anyone else reports this same experience. Still, I’m not complaining — it was worth the journey!

    • That was a second time the images on my site have gone awry. I think I fixed it. Seems to be a problem with a couple of corrupt images that shut down the site’s ability to display them. Thank you. Glad it was worth the journey.

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