Millennium Images
Below are a small selection of images I took for a university assignment for Millennium Images.
In a way this assignment began for me in the summer of 2009. I had already started taking pictures of the urban landscape in and around the town of Burton On Trent. Partly this was due to a conversation with another student, who felt that there wasn’t anything worth photographing in the town.
When the assignment was set I decided to put this work towards it. After speaking with my tutor, I went on to look at the work of the New Topographics, such as Stephen Shore and Lewis Baltz. I also looked at work by photographers such as Joel Meyerowitz’s "Legacy", Andreas Gursky, Sophy Rickett, Brian Griffin, Ansel Adams, Todd Hido, Nicholas Hughes, Simon Roberts, Bernd and Hilla Becher, amongst others.
Following further guidance, I settled on making my photos only at night, this would help give some continuity to my theme, the unused urban landscape and hopefully provide some interesting images. Primarily I stayed in one location, in and around Stapenhill Gardens and the nearby Washlands area.
I'm happy with most of the images, although I do feel a certain amount of uncertainty as to whether they would meet with Millennium Images arguably subjective requirements. However, I do feel that I've benefited greatly from this assignment and at the very least, even with the late nights and long exposures, I have enjoyed the whole process.
