PREVIEW OF OUR BOOKS.

Currently we are working individually as well as collectively on books, zine, newspapers and many different contemporary book making styles, below is a preview of some of the work being produced. 

Front & Back Cover of the Limited Edition of Wasteland created by Megan Bayliss. 
Below is a few pages taken from the book...

Newspaper - Front and back cover of Urban 80s created by Hannah Metcalfe.

Below are a few pages from the newspaper...

Newspaper 12.4.13 created by Alexander Cutler. Front cover and pages two and three.

Traces by Alex Hartley

Front Cover

 Inside Back Cover

First Page

WHITTINGHAM MENTAL ASYLUM, PRESTON

Hannah, Megan and Alex Hartley visited a mental asylum just outside Preston, in Whittingham. We managed to walk round the outside of the asylum however we couldn't get into where the buildings were due to tall metal fences with barbed wire on top so we had to do with photographing from a distance.

photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

PROJECT VIDEOS

VISUAL TWIST

a multimedia outcome created my Alex Cutler, Lizzie Old and Megan Bayliss

DATE IN BLACKPOOL

Group video created by Hannah Metcalfe, Sara Leonard and Alex Hartley

BURNT DOWN SCHOOL, PRESTON.

BURNT DOWN SCHOOL, PRESTON.

according to a BBC news report this school was burnt down a couple of years ago. the building's site has now been turned into a car park for a local business and all that remains is the basement stair well and lift shaft. 

photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

photograph by Hannah Metcalfe

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

Photograph by Hannah Metcalfe

DISUSED PRINTING WAREHOUSE, PRESTON.

DISUSED PRINTING WAREHOUSE, PRESTON.

because of the decline for print and newspapers the factory and printing processes were moved to China, whilst only a part of the warehouse remains for making and fixing the machinery. 

photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

Photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

photograph taken by Alex Hartley

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY WALK

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY WALK

Psychogeography is an approach to geography that emphasizes playfulness and "drifting" around urban environments.

We all took part in a walk around Preston recently, here are some of the photographs from the day.

Photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

Photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

Photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE, PRESTON.

ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE, PRESTON. 

an abandoned orphanage / mental hospital

Photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

Photograph taken by Hannah Metcalfe

Photograph taken by Alex Hartley

PENWORTHAM MILL, PRESTON

PENWORTHAM MILL, PRESTON.

an abandoned cotton mill.

photograph taken by Megan Bayliss

Photograph taken by Alex Hartley

Photographs above by Hannah Metcalfe