Crosby Beach
It’s impossible not to be impressed by the 100 spectacular cast-iron, life-size figures by Anthony Gormley at Crosby beach. They are spread across three kilometres of the foreshore and stretch almost one kilometre out to sea. Every day you look at the installation will be different. Here are some stills I shot in 2014. I also filmed them knowing the footage could be used for a variety of projects. So far the footage has been used in the film Austerity Fight. I can’t wait to go back and repeat the process.
Crosby beach, 2004.
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Campaign To Save Oglet Shore In Liverpool
John Whittaker the “publicity shy billionaire” is a key figure behind plans to pour concrete over the only remaining piece of green belt in South Liverpool. Mr Whittaker is the founder of the Peel Group and the controlling company, Tokenhouse Ltd, is based in the nearest tax haven, the Isle of Man.
Proposals to extend the runway at John Lennon airport will wreck the wildlife corridor that is important to scousers who have used the area for recreational purposes for generations. Since Peel arrived on the scene walkways have been allowed to fall into disrepair and public right of ways have been blocked. The new proposals pose a serious threat to wild life and endangered species. If they go ahead the people of Speke in particular will suffer even poorer air quality than they currently are forced to endure. Doctors at the Royal Liverpool Hospital have noted, “From Wirral to St Helens, legal limits of air pollution are broken in every single local authority in the Liverpool City Region”. The situation will worsen if the airport is expanded.
Whittaker speculates in land and property from the comfort of a tax haven. Peel has huge assets: over 1.2 million square metres of property and 15,000 hectares of “strategic” land and water. They own the Manchester Ship Canal connecting Salford and Manchester to Liverpool, where Peel also owns Liverpool Docks. Opposition to this ongoing speculative land grab is growing daily. In a matter of weeks over 2,500 signatures have been collected against the expansion. This is how Oglet shore looks now – but for how long?
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On The Waterfront In Liverpool
The Magnificent Fading Light Of Shropshire
Lake Windermere & The River Thames
Around Liverpool (4)
Old Swan. Liverpool, November 2017.
Running in the Mystery park, Wavertree. Liverpool, July 2018.
Shopping. Liverpool, November 2017.
Old Swan. Liverpool, November 2017.
Flowers in Wavertree. Liverpool, July 2018.
Shopping. Liverpool, November 2017.
Tree in Wavertree. Liverpool, November 2017.
Wavertree High Street. Liverpool, November 2017.
On the bus. Liverpool, November 2017.
Arthur on his bike in the Mystery park, Wavertree. Liverpool, July 2018.
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On Top Of The 79 Bus In Liverpool
The Changing East End (19)
Braithwaite Street. East London, April 2018.
Checking a bike in Brick Lane. East London 2002.
Hanbury Street. East London 2008.
Conversation on Bethnal green Road. East London, April 2018.
Bethnal Green Road. East London, 1990.
Conversation on Whitechapel Road. East London 1994.
Brick Lane. East London 2002.
Signing a petition on Brick Lane against the war in Iraq. East London 2002.
Outside Aldgate East tube station. East London 1986.
Braithwaite Street. East London, April 2018.
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On The Bus In London 1990 – 2009
The City From Whitechapel 1984 – 2017
Whitechapel Market 1984 – 2015
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Best Of July 2018
Here are some of my favourite photographs published for the first time in July 2018.
Motorcyclist under the bridge on Brathwait street. East London, April 2018.
On the phone in Toynbee Street. East London, September 2017.
Scooter in Barcelona. December, 2017.
Getting off the 79a bus. Liverpool, July 2018.
Early evening in Barcelona. December, 2017.
Reflections in the harbour in MacDuff. Scotland, December 2017.
Taking a break in town. Liverpool, July 2018.
Passing a bank poster in Liverpool one. Liverpool, July 2018.
Conversation on the 86 bus. Liverpool, July 2018.
On the phone at South Parkway station. Liverpool, July 2018.
Posters in Dublin, 2004.
Newspaper seller at Aldgate East Station. East London, 1985.
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