A hive of activity

Posted on January 26, 2017June 11, 2018 by photograph

A hive of activity

This personal favourite of mine, shot a couple of years ago, is from my project photographing the Marine and Carpenter’s workshops in Newhaven as they became the new UTC@harbourside. It shows the new cafeteria in the later stages of the build. There is something about this photograph that amuses me – the bustle and activity that seems almost posed. It really wasn’t, I promise.

A print of this photo will be going on display at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust along with ten other prints from this series. The exhibition is part of an event that celebrates the partnership between the Trust and HKS, the architects who designed the transformation of the two derelict Victorian warehouses into an inspiring new engineering college for 15 to 18-year-olds. All photographs from this project can be found here.

A glimpse of the future

Posted on January 13, 2017June 11, 2018 by photograph

A glimpse of the future

I love the point at which a new space suddenly makes sense to me when I have been documenting a renovation, and I can get a real feeling for how a building will work when finished. I had that sensation on my latest visit to The Depot Cinema, where I have been photographing for the past 18 months. The front of the building,

with its two walls of glass, came alive to me as I walked in. The winter sun was streaming into this bright new space that will soon house the cinema restaurant. I look forward to thinking back to this moment when I am sitting here having a meal in a few month’s time. More photographs from this project can be found here.

Happy new year!

Posted on January 6, 2017June 11, 2018 by photograph

Happy New Year!

I felt we needed a bright and breezy photograph to start the year off right and Florida can do that in bucket-loads. I am sure I could find some metaphor about clean fresh beginnings, but really, I just love

the photo. This was my laundromat experience on Key Largo while travelling with my mother and my daughter in the Florida Keys. I wish all laundrettes could be this colourful. Happy New Year to you all! You can find more Florida photographs here.

Bright red winterberries

Posted on December 23, 2016June 11, 2018 by photograph

Bright red winterberries

Season’s greetings to you all and wishing everyone a happy, healthy and fulfilling 2017. This seemed an appropriately seasonal photo to use this week.

I found these winterberries on Cape Cod when I was visiting for Thanksgiving. They were in abundance everywhere, beautifully bright red on their silver grey branches. More landscape photographs can be found here.

Plasterboard pink vs winter blue

Posted on December 15, 2016June 11, 2018 by photograph

Plasterboard pink vs winter blue

This week’s photo comes from The Depot Cinema in Lewes, where I am documenting the renovations of a former brewery depot as it becomes a community cinema. My clients use the photographs to keep local residents updated on the progress of the project and to build on the excitement of this eagerly awaited venue.

It always surprises me how much colour I come across on a building site. One might expect the predominant shades to be greys, browns and blacks. In fact, I find vivid colours to photograph at every stage of the process. This bubblegum-pink plasterboard is a good example, splashed with sun and offering an appealing contrast to the blue winter afternoon light. More photographs of this project can be found here.

Buzz cut made of bricks

Posted on December 9, 2016September 25, 2018 by photograph

Buzz cut made of bricks

This week’s photograph requires a little bit of whimsy on your part. I hope you spot a face in the old wooden doors. I see a pair of eyes, a nose, a mouth and even a buzz cut made of bricks – perhaps with a jaunty wooden hat? This is from one of my first shoots at the UTC@harbourside site where I documented the renovations of two Victorian workshops over a two year period as they became a new engineering college.

I have been revisiting this project because I will be giving a talk on it on Monday, 12th December at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill. If you are free and in the area, please join us for the PechaKucha Night 20×20.

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