The dental examination of both groups first documented decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMF-T), the degree of gingival inflammation and oral hygiene.
But rather than documenting decay, Höfer seeks out opulence, from palaces and theatres to opera houses and libraries, to reveal how these buildings are inhabited.
Photographer Jacob Borden documented the decay and ruins.
Mr. Auerbach documented the decaying floor, which had plants pushing up through the map, through a series of 2,500 aerial photographs.
In July it opened the hauntingly gorgeous "Lost Vanguard: Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922-32," documentheg the decay of buildings from one of the most vibrant periods in 20th-century architecture.
OceanGate CEO and co-founder Stockton Rush says his company is hoping, along with its tech and research partners, to document the decay of the ship and to create high-definition, 3-D images of objects underwater there that were never possible before.
While Mr. Forman's papers were donated to the Library of Congress, heaps of his books and documents decayed in a storage unit in Washington, for years after his death.
Structural loss is well documented in the decay class description in FIA's inventory documentation as well as studies using similar classification systems.
Since the wreck of R.M.S. Titanic was discovered in 1985, researchers have documented its slow decay caused by geological processes, microorganisms and humans.
