Now Andy’s picture of Hampson Street, taken from Oldfield Road in 2014 is as he says the “common thread” to his new collection.
Over the last few years Andy has been wandering down there and photographing the Middlewood Locks and with that unerring eye to spot future change he marked down the area as one of special interest.
And yesterday he was back and in the space of three years much has begun to change. The open expanse of land with its mix of wild undergrowth and stunning views across open water has been transformed.
It is of course a development that will be familiar to anyone who has walked around the bits of Salford and Manchester which were once home to bustling industry and the modest homes of those who lived in the inner city.
Over the years Andy has not only chronicled those changes but has taken some mean pictures at the same time.
So with that said, here is one of my favourites of his from that 2014 photo shot.
If like me you have a corny sense for captions, the one that springs to my mind is "the long and winding road," not that Hampson Street is in anyway winding and if it leads anywhere its towards the Beetham Tower.
But the dramatic image of tall blocks rising in Andy's second picture must bring forth some comments.
Enough said.
Location; Middlewood Locks, 2014
Pictures; Middlewood Locks, 2014, from the collection of Andy Robertson
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| 2014 |
And yesterday he was back and in the space of three years much has begun to change. The open expanse of land with its mix of wild undergrowth and stunning views across open water has been transformed.
It is of course a development that will be familiar to anyone who has walked around the bits of Salford and Manchester which were once home to bustling industry and the modest homes of those who lived in the inner city.
Over the years Andy has not only chronicled those changes but has taken some mean pictures at the same time.
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| 2017 |
If like me you have a corny sense for captions, the one that springs to my mind is "the long and winding road," not that Hampson Street is in anyway winding and if it leads anywhere its towards the Beetham Tower.
But the dramatic image of tall blocks rising in Andy's second picture must bring forth some comments.
Enough said.
Location; Middlewood Locks, 2014
Pictures; Middlewood Locks, 2014, from the collection of Andy Robertson
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