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For this project within the layout I was asked to write my own article, this inlcuded just a small description on what my photos were and why I took them. Here is the article I have written.

The city of Brighton, which can rightly be called the little London by the sea, is widely known for the vibrant and colourful ways in which people live and celebrate. But if you look deeper into this happy city, there is a dark and unpleasant side to it. Making my way down the side streets to the seafront on a horrible, wet day, the city becomes bare, sad and neglected.

I have taken photographs in Brighton to show the parts of the city that people don’t really notice first of all. My first stop was the burnt down pier. Although the day was miserable and grey, the images that I got at the pier seemed to bring some of that summer brightness back to the city, the sun shone through the clouds, surfers were out and the sea was glistening. But the photographs that I captured with these charming aspects were almost brought straight back down to reality, with the sadness of the pier, gradually loosing the life it once had. Following these photographs I took images of other features around the city that had clearly not been used or opened for a lengthy amount of time, including a bicycle renting centre. You could see from the peeling paint that at one point in time the colours were bright and inviting. I continued on taking photographs of other parts of the city that appeared to be decaying and forgotten about by the people. Walking along the seafront, which would usually be brimming with bodies in the warmer months, was in fact almost like a ghost town with the occasional person walking their dog or a young teen on a skateboard would pass. After finishing my day in the city I came to the conclusion that Brighton will always be a great place to take photographs; whether it is summer or winter months, there is always something interesting around every corner.