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HOW THE APOCALYPSE WILL LOOK

Destroyed homes, crashed trains and abandoned takeaways feature in artist’s incredible miniature ‘end of the world’ scenes

Artist Lori Nix painstakingly created her apocalyptic visions to be the size of a dolls house

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THIS is what the end of the world will look like, according to a New York artist.

‘The City’ shows deserted libraries, casinos, and laundrettes in ruins after an apocalyptic disaster.

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A New York artist has imagined what the end of the world could look likeCredit: Nix + Gerber

Artist Lori Nix created miniature scenes of the apocalypse the size of a dolls house.

But by photographing them up close, Nix has made it seem like the models are life size.

Nix has spent years creating her post-apocalyptic visions.

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In Lori Nix's series 'The City', beauty salons and libraries are left in ruins after an apocalypseCredit: Nix + Gerber
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Nix has created these intricate scenes, which are the size of a dolls houseCredit: Nix + Gerber
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The artist then took extreme close up pictures of her scenes to make them look life sizeCredit: Nix + Gerber
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In a shopping centre, trees and plants have started to take over the man-made structureCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A tube carriage is doused in sand after a desert-like apocalypseCredit: Nix + Gerber

She told CNN: "I'm really not much of a traveller, except in my head. I am by nature a homebody.

"Rather than go out into the world in search of these scenes, I choose to stay in my apartment and build my own worlds."

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A deserted launderette rots in darkness as ceiling tiles hang offCredit: Nix + Gerber
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In an aquatic apocalypse, an aquarium is flooded and the walls are covered in seaweed and algaeCredit: Nix + Gerber
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The stained-glass windows in this church have been smashed out and random signs and clutter fill the once busy hallCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A museum of art is coated in moss and funghi as natural life starts to take hold of the buildingCredit: Nix + Gerber
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Space suits lie crumpled as plants start to reclaim the science centreCredit: Nix + Gerber

Nix has created scenes of destruction and mayhem, predicting a desolate future for humanity.

The once busy thoroughfares of libraries, museums and tube carriages are deserted.

It is clear that humans have not lived in these spaces for a long time.

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In Nix’s visions of shopping centres and libraries, trees and plants have started to take over the buildings.

She said: "I have always been drawn to ideas of danger and disaster.

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Artist Nix sorts the miniature furniture in the beauty salonCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A tree sprouts from the ground in an old libraryCredit: Nix + Gerber
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The Chinese takeaway restaurant is closed for good in the wake of the apocalypseCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A living room is in chaos with stacks of debris littering the areaCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A bar stands deserted as dust starts to cling to the pool table and stoolsCredit: Nix + Gerber

"With 'The City,' I was taking inspiration from my current surroundings in New York City. I'm surrounded by amazing architecture, neighborhood bodegas, world-renowned museums and cheap Chinese food."

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Trees and dirt litter a shoe shop and products have fallen off the display rackCredit: Nix + Gerber
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A creepy violin repair shop stands empty as dust and cobwebs start to cling to the instrumentsCredit: Nix + Gerber
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The control box of a power station starts to rust in the wake of an apocalypseCredit: Nix + Gerber
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The front of a natural history museum is ripped away to show stuffed animals who will now be long extinctCredit: Nix + Gerber
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Skulls ominously sit on the shelves in a science classroom as dust and mould eat away at the furnitureCredit: Nix + Gerber

Nix’s tiny world is cluttered and chaotic as tables, chairs and everyday objects are strewn everywhere.

She added: "I want to encourage people to really think more about the world around them, and the difficulties we as a species are facing."

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