I have this hopelessly romantic notion that ‘spirit of place’ is a metaphysical reality; that as humans we can be in a place and somehow communicate with our surroundings, allow ourselves to feel the emotion that’s wrapped up in the ‘spiritual energy’ of any given location.


Within One Mile : Façade, Nottingham

Cracking the façades of Nottingham.

façade : fəˈsɑːd / noun: façade; plural noun: façades

1. the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space. "The old-shop has a dilapidated façade”

2. a deceptive outward appearance. "His happy public façade masked private despair"

All 50mm prime, Kodak Portra 160