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Triptych From The Ben Jurin Commission
Triptych From The Ben Jurin Commission. Taken on Sunday 29th May 2011.
Last month, local architect Ben Jurin emailed me regarding a commission to produce a series of architectural photographs of a property he was overseeing the redevelopment of in Blackpool. I offered a competitive quote to shoot a minimum of twenty high resolution photographs for use on his forthcoming website and marketing material. Although I’ve never produced this kind of property photography before, Ben had faith in me and commissioned me nonetheless. We arranged an evening when we could both meet, talk about the property and shoot the photographs.
Winter Gardens Refurbishment
In November 2010 work began on restoring Blackpool's Grade-II listed Winter Gardens back to it’s original Art Deco glory. Blackpool Council appointed architects Donald Insall Associates to begin phase one of a restoration process that will take a number of years to complete. The Floral Hall and iconic dome was completed earlier this month, so I thought I’d head down with my camera to take a look.
The Winter Gardens
Taken at 02:19pm in Blackpool, UK. Thursday 22nd January 2009.
The Winter Gardens is home to Europe's second largest theatre (the Opera House) and is one of Blackpool’s most treasured historical buildings. It opened in 1878 and has seen the likes of Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and a host of West End theatre productions over the years. I’ve seen several gigs (including The Arctic Monkeys and The Subways) there and I also had the job of photographing NALGAO’s three-day conference throughout the venue back in October 2008. Although the interior decor needs sprucing up and looking after, I personally think that it’s still one of the town’s better assets.
Victoria Peak [ Hong Kong ]
Taken at 09:49am in Hong Kong. Saturday 29th November 2008.
Victoria Peak (known locally as The Peak) is a popular destination for tourists as it offers spectacular views of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon & Victoria Harbour. I took this photograph from the new sky terrace at the top of the peak and spent a good hour enjoying the wonderful view and taking lots of photographs. Going to Victoria Peak was certainly one of the highlights of the trip as the view was simply stunning.
Central Plaza Project
Taken at 12:02pm in Guangzhou, China. Tuesday 25th November 2008.
Apologies for the lack of blog posts this month, December always seems to be a hectic month and this year is no different! I still have plenty of photographs from my trip to China, so I thought I would share & discuss this photograph I took during my first full day in Guangzhou. I have always been fascinated with documenting large scale developments and regeneration projects; whether it’s the construction of the new promenade in Blackpool or new skyscrapers on the other side of the world.
Downtown Macau
Taken at 02:12pm in Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China).
Wednesday 26th November 2008.
As promised in my last blog post, I thought I would share my experience of my day trip to Macau (which lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta, bordering Guangdong province in the North). I went on to China with my father and we were both in agreement that it would be a shame for me not to go and explore a little further out. Having heard that Macau was only a two and a half hour coach ride away, off I went for the day by myself. The coach wasn’t very busy and I spent the journey looking out at China as it passed by the window. I saw lots of rural areas that would make for great photographs, but unfortunately I couldn’t really ask the driver to pull over while I took some pictures!
Welcome To Hong Kong Island
Taken at 09:39pm from The Avenue Of Stars, Kowloon. Saturday 29th November 2008.
On Sunday 23rd November I departed on one of my most eagerly awaited trips in years, South East China & Hong Kong. I’d never visited this side of world before but I had seen countless photographs from the likes of Edward Burtynsky and other global topographers/photographers that made me dream of seeing it with my own eyes.