Photography is a way of capturing moments, objects and our surroundings. There is, indeed, a legitimate reason why ‘a picture is worth a 1000 words’ is a known and frequently used saying. Even though the written word can be vastly informative and paint a good picture about certain event or period in time, photograph does it more effortlessly and fluently as well as more sentimentally. Photography is an ideal medium to enhance the juxtaposition between once strong industry in the city of Rijeka and its present state. The purpose of this study was to get acquainted with the past, the reality of the present and explore the possibilities that future can hold. Moreover, it is intended to highlight the importance of industrial photography throughout the history and its meaning nowadays. In the experimental part of this thesis a comparison is drawn between photographs from the past and those taken only recently to shed light on the importance of the ongoing issue concerning Rijeka’s industrial heritage.