Tag: urban

Kirkstall Abandonment

Kirkstall Abandonment

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have completed various photoshoots round Kirkstall, around the river and canal. It’s an interesting place, with a lot of industrial remnants. There is also this large space, semi-derelict with a rather random homeware store. For me this epitomises the idea of parafunctional spaces – 

Photocamp 2013

Photocamp 2013

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s been a busy weekend here. I must confess I was a little apprehensive about all this. Not really by choice, but simply because I haven’t really found many people as obsessed as I am with taking pictures , much of my photography has been 

Light Night 2010

Light Night 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Light night happens every year in Leeds, with art installations over the city after dark. There’s often some very good stuff, but it can be quite hectic and busy. I was quite tired this year and not so engaged with taking pictures, but here’s a 

Backstreets and Rooftops

Backstreets and Rooftops

Reading Time: 2 minutes Walking around Hyde Park, I have come up with an idea I want to play with. I have always been quite taken with the local roofscapes – in a heavily built up inner-city area like this there is such a jumble of walls and roofs, 

Alternative Views of Hyde Park

Alternative Views of Hyde Park

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is broadly just another round up of some photos from Hyde Park over the last few months. I guess the theme is looking beyond the expected, and picking out some interesting vignettes, both on a micro and macro scale, which add to the body