Happy New Year, welcome back!

I enjoy the summer festive break, perhaps in a different way to many. It certainly is a time to celebrate family, and share the joy of Christmas. The break from routine and everyday work is certainly welcome.

Yet as a photographer, I am particularly drawn to the chance to explore the man made spaces otherwise void of human occupation. While somewhat voyeuristic (in a good way!!), I am intrigued by the interaction that man has on the landscape, and what we leave behind in our occupation of that space. I am drawn to the time when most people are off work, that leaves a fascinating void of presence. A narrow window to slip into someone else’s world, and then quickly pop back out before routine and purpose replace the solitude.

To me it is a chance to fill my personal bucket, taking pictures for the sole purpose of the enjoyment of photography. An exploration of space, colour, texture, and form. The study of abandonment, with the intrigue of not actually knowing the narrative of what I am seeing. Who actually lives / works here? What do they actually do? What would have this been like in it’s heyday? Why has this been left and ignored? I think more often than not, leaving more questions than answers, finding some hidden beauty in the unusual.

I hope you may enjoy some of this content here. And if you see a strange fella with a camera lurking in the hidden backstreets of our rougher industrial areas, please don’t call the Police!!!