christkindlesmarkt 2005

Bought a map of Leeds today, not entirely sure what I'm going to do with it yet but it's pinned up in the kitchen. Thought it'd be quite interesting to pin some pictures of places which I've been on it.

Also, walked to Poverty Aid today, a massive charity shop near Hyde Park. Took a few pictures:

wahoos!

Particularly liked this cute little sign by the bus stop near Royal Park flats, opposite the old school. It was about 8 foot up the wall.

Back to back houses in Hyde Park, which isn't one of the wealthiest areas in Leeds.

Ooh and I also bought an ace German glass Christmas cup from Poverty Aid!

walking

Just been looking at a few of my photo albums from the walks I've been on this past week. 

I really need Photoshop and Illustrator on my Mac :s

reportage:leeds

So I was given my first brief for college last week, a bit scary, but I'm still super excited about it! It's called Reportage:Leeds, in short, a project about the city of Leeds:

"the story of a resident, or residents,

 of Leeds; a journey through the city; a statement of opinion; documentation of some experience you choose to undergo specifically for the purpose of the brief".

Pretty good, seen as I'm living right by the centre of Leeds, but I have no idea what kind of direction I'm going to take with this project. This is the tricky bit. So to start myself off I decided to go out in the middle of the night, with my bobble hat and scarf, and take some photos.

Not so brilliant, but a start at least. Found myself primarily taking pictures of the main buildings in Leeds, which I know I don't want to aim my project around; think i just needed to get it out of my system. 

ok, so i'll put some pictures up shortly.