Tata Steel Co., Shap, Cumbria.
During a trip to the Lake district from Lancaster, we passed through Shap. From this high point near the Fell Garage, you can see the fell that is High Street to the left. On the opposite side of the a road, slammed between the road and the motorway is a steaming factory belonging to Tata Steel company, at first at odds with the rural vibe but captivating none-the-less.
The final image is of a photo merged/layered with an image that is textured (taken in Pisa), to give the illusion that it's an old image. This simple approach is part of a side project called Marginal images. Below are some more experiments with texture and colour. All of these photographs are carefully edited and selected to keep within a collection that have been exhibited locally and put up for sale.
Hollywood Bowl, Worthing, W. Sussex
In a three year period my wife had researched the best conversion units to fit our Citreon Berlingo to begin our road trips around the UK's coast. It was dreamed, it was planned and we set off. Before we picked up the unit near Eastbourne on the south coast, we stayed in Worthing for the night at a Travel Lodge. Our hunt for a chippy tea at sunset drew my attention to the brutal-esque ex car park building that's the 'Hollywood Bowl', a stark, 60s throwback that's now a precinct. The overlay is a detail from the blue paint spattered gate, spotted near a road in the Mani, Greece.
Avenham in Preston was home for many years and I was constantly taking photographs there. These flats feature many times in the marginal images set of work. They are taken from different perspectives but look like they could be anywhere. For this image I added the flaking surface of a concrete bridge, taken in New York.
