Transforming the toilet

Always one to keep abreast of current affairs, see my article on ten top reuses of abandoned public toilets around the world. You might be surprised at what’s possible with a jet-wash and some imagination.

‘A forbidding and wild place’: New York in the late 70’s

I recently came across an interview with Ken Schles about his photographic projects, Invisible Cities and Night Walk, in which he gives a visceral and eye-opening account of reality in downtown New York in the late 70’s and 80’s. Well worth a read for photographers, urbanists and city-inspired artists.

You’re Not from South London, Are You?

I was used to seeing abandoned buildings around London; every borough seemed to have them. But most were tantalisingly out of reach, separated from the street by security fencing adorned with threats of CCTV and round-the-clock security. So I was both thrilled and taken aback when I saw no such barrier to the blocks of […]