Concrete forms the bare bones of the marina…you can see it everywhere. From the huge banks that form the walls towering over the roads coming down from the coast road, to the car parks, massive outer breakwaters and other buildings. … Continue reading
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A Seafront shelter window. Perhaps the way I take photos on the street has something to do with a reluctance to engage with people directly. I usually prefer to observe unseen, taking shots through misty, dirty windows. Or perhaps going … Continue reading
Beneath the Looking Glass Another group of images from the phone box project. Bits of detritus including seeds, feathers and hairs, become attached to the remains of sticky tape on the surface of the glass. Random specks of dirt sparkle like jewels … Continue reading
Beneath the Looking Glass You might not consider a phone box a likely subject for photography. Phone boxes are now, for the most part, obsolete – dirty, uncared-for pieces of street furniture, a receptacle for rubbish, covered with graffiti and the … Continue reading
There’s a phone box on the seafront, shabby, grubby and smelly, with various things stuck to the glass and metal surfaces: flyers advertising all sorts, chewing gum, stickers and the like, all fading and peeling with the passage of time. … Continue reading
Now obsolete phone boxes on the promenade are covered in advertising flyers; posters and stickers are taped or blue-tacked on then torn off or pasted over with newer ones; a top layer of graffiti adds to the visual cacophony as … Continue reading
The gloomy light and overcast sky of a December day provided excellent, soft lighting conditions for a photoshoot of this Brighton band. They wanted to be shown in a contemporary urban setting, reflecting the way we live now, so I … Continue reading