Pissotière, Montparnasse, Paris. Yes, one of the things I shot whilst racing around Paris for a day was this urinal. A police car pulled over as I was taking photos – although they were puzzled as to why I was photographing a pissotière they didn’t mind, they were more concerned about the prison behind. InContinue reading “Pissotière”
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Craft and Design Centre
Craft & Design Centre, Northern Quarter, Manchester. Home to two floors of contemporary studios selling jewellery, bags, ceramics, interior accessories and loads more lovely stuff. The centre also hosts frequent exhibitions and workshops. Time Out Manchester Shortlist 2011
Cafe Oto
Cafe Oto, Dalston, London. This lovely little place not only serves as a cafe but as a performance space aiming to ‘provide a home for creative music that exists out of the mainstream’, which makes Dalston, the alternative and cool capital of London, the ideal location. Go here to check out the listings.
St Pancras Station
St Pancras Station, London. Home to high speed national train connections, the Eurostar and now Europe’s longest champagne bar, the station will serve as a major transport hub during the London 2012 Olympics. Time Out London guide edition 18
Heygate Estate
Heygate Estate, between Old Kent Road and Walworth Road, Southwark, London. Build in 1974 the neo-brutalist buildings were once a popular place to live, but crime, poverty and dilapidation hit the housing estate and it is now being demolished as part of the regeneration of the Elephant & Castle area. I used to live nearContinue reading “Heygate Estate”
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