Final

Prepare to bind

Today, I've finished editing the photos and I'm thinking to bind a photo book for final.
Saw a really good book at my friends it's call Ernie A photographer's memoir by Tony Mendoza.

Got all the binding stuff from Shepherds, so, will start it tomorrow. fingers crossed

Buildings in Shoreditch

As I'd like to take buildings as my main object on this project and promoting abandoned buildings to be reused.

A triangle of influences have made Shoreditch into one of London's most distinctive and unusual areas.
The eastern streets of Shoreditch are now filled with a different kind of rebellion, as young artists take over abandoned buildings to stage spontaneous exhibitions of revolutionary new work and underground nightclubs are the hotbed of London's punk and New Rave scene. The buildings also represent the history, the background and the culture of this area.

what's next

After the meeting with David yesterday, we agreed to make this project the one. so, instead of doing one single building I am gonna open it up to find the buildings/station/ all sort of abandoned properties in Shoreditch/Hackney or even across the capital. Also, the intension now is not just to promote them or change the negative view of how we think of them, I am willing to go beyond that, and really extend the idea.

A lot to do and explore, I am quite excited to see how this will go and what i can achieve by the end.

Something I'd like to share,. its an amazing site of The Soviet Union, which is home many abandoned structures. Ranging from buildings to military bases they have collected a gallery of great photos showing some of Russia's most amazing abandoned projects.

Some nice work from Graphic Design (BA Hons) students graduating from University College Falmouth in 2011-Link below.

http://fromfalmouth.co.uk/

I think I've given myself the hardest challenge ever.
I went to the building management, there wasn't much information about this property, and called the local council and land registration they wouldn't be able to provide the ownership details that means I won't be able to get in to the building so, that stopped my further development of this project.

The background

Yesterday I went down to the local council the building management to find out the history of the building that i've been working on. there ain't much information as i expected as the building's been left up for quite a long time.. so over the last two decades from the 1990. Demolition of the buildings and redevelopment for offices, small units for uses within Class B1, housing, retail shop etc..( highlighted on the copy of the original doc ) as below.




Apparently, that's all i can find for this, but I am gonna call the council and land registry next Monday, hopefully i can reach to the owner and get assessed to the building and find out more about it.

I attach a link of a webpage called derelict london, which is an unusual photographic portrait (of approx 3000 pics by Paul Talling) of the nations capital. its really interesting to see and related to my building project.

http://www.derelictlondon.com/home_page.htm