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| Chair, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
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| Figure, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
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| Dyeing Factory, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
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| Admirer, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
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| Bottles, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
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| Keep Out, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph |
Earlier this week I went to Leicester to explore the abandoned buildings of Frog Island, an industrial area in which the buildings have been subject to several fires and fell into disrepair. Most of the buildings were either boarded up or fenced off, making them inaccessible. However we easily gained access to one of the factories via an open back door. I explored the building with my camera, capturing the textures of the crumbling structure and objects that I felt told a story of the building's past. I included a distant figure in a few of the images to give them a greater sense of life, which I feel makes the images appear more haunting.