The Art of the Night

Making this set of photographs happened to be the most surreal and arguably intense photography experience I’d had for quite a few years. By way of context , on the Friday before the Government had formally announced the closure of pubs , bars , nightclubs and entertainment venues to slow down the spread of the novel Coronavirus Covid-19. And on the Monday evening […]

An alternative look at the Wheel of Nottingham as seen from in amongst the local cityscape after dusk. Most of these images I’d made the last time the Wheel was installed in Nottingham two years ago , with exception of the last one which I made a couple of weeks ago at Trent Basin. I was curious at the time to present the […]

Two evenings well spent within November taking a look at the urban landscape found the leafy Park Estate in Nottingham. The estate’s tennis courts sat within a natural dip with interesting views of buildings situated at the top of the hills on roads surrounding the estate. A notable feature of the Park Estate and one I want to make some comments on is that […]

An installation by Wolfgang Buttress adorning the frontage of Biocity’s remodelled building in Nottingham, which was completed in 2017. Data taken from NASA satellites over a 26.5 day period has been used to program the patterns and intensity of ligthing of the fiber optic strands within the frontage – a very imaginative way of illustrating and bringing to life the results of the chemical […]

I took the opportunity to take a visit to Salford to visit a fellow night time urban landscape photographer who’s work I’d been fascinated for a while and discovered initially through Twitter. Simon Buckley’s Not Quite Light Weekend festival , as inspiration and for a short break shortly before I’d launched my “Venturing into Nocturnal Nottingham” exhbition at Sobar . In the festival Simon worked with […]

A short selection of the things I got to see while on walkabout at this year’s Light Night festival in Nottingham back on February. From top to bottom : 1 , 2 / UV painting as part of a low light arts collective hosted by Emily Catherine and Georgina Wilding held at City Arts. The paint would be applied on top of existing artworks […]

Earlier this week Nottingham had been caught up in very severe snowstorms as “The Beast From The East” – a cold front of Siberian origins swept across the UK , causing major disruption to cities and travel infrastructure – particularly within Scotland. The first seven images were taken walking around Nottingham City Centre late on Wednesday evening after I’d been helping out at Notts Tweetup . […]

A set of images documenting the deconstruction of two footbridges over Collin Street , Nottingham connecting the Broadmarsh car park , which currently being demolished , to the adjacent shopping centre. I took these following on from a study of Maid Marian Way where I took advantage of road closures on the evening. I was able to stay for a couple of hours to […]

A unusual look at Collin Street and Maid Marian Way in Nottingham which were closed to traffic for two nights in early January 2018 due to demolition works at the nearby Broadmarsh Car Park . Two footbridges were being removed over Collin Street – and I wanted to document some of that (in a later blog) , but I also wanted to take full […]