Marc Provins

I've been walking slowly. I want to notice the texture of the city, the history in it's surface. It becomes a meditation on material construction, bringing the background slowly into focus. The brick is part of our human history used to shelter us for thousands of years. Cities in the North West seem to be expanding upwards and outwards rapidly at the moment, which can be exciting. I hope that we manage to conserve the best bits from every era rather than pulling older buildings down and throwing up new, larger ones in a generic international style.  It might sound hugely optimistic but I'd like creativity not just money to shape our built environment. 

I try to keep my blog pretty upbeat and optimistic, and that's not particularly hard for me as those are my natural states for most of the time. However this last week or so have seemed a bit gruelling and the lack of light, hassles at work and ill health in our household have got to me. So the photographs below are a visual reflection of that I guess. The good news is it's half term and I have nine days ahead of me to be a photographer! I'm more cheerful already.