It's that time again for me - a look back on another year of photography! I've always found it a pleasant tradition to put together these posts looking back on the past year.
2023 flew by for me, with trips to Manchester and Bristol, plenty of wanders into Liverpool’s city centre and exhibiting work for the first time in years, I was kept fairly busy with photography.
January - A trip to Manchester. A worker bee, a symbol of the city. This one was on the side of a public street bin.
Geometric detail of sculptural artwork (‘A1’ by Jac Charoux) on display in the 'Out of the Crate' exhibition at the Manchester Art Gallery .
A smiley face in the window of an empty shop.
Sailing on a sea of bricks - this mural made up of bricks sits up high in a car park in the centre of Chinatown in Manchester.
Ornate detail from a block at the base of the Chinese arch in Manchester's Chinatown.
A section of 'Journey', a public art piece on Manchester representing the helpless who have passed through Piccadilly Station, made in 1990 in collaboration between Partnership Art Limited and students from Sheena Simon College.
The curved rooftop of Manchester Victoria Station.
March - Additions to the ‘Mersey From Otterspool’ series.
Close-up detail of a cast-bronze sculpture in Liverpool, titled 'The Great Escape' by Edward Cronshaw.
One of many lion-head sculptures that sit beneath the windows of the Grade II listed Cunard Building.
'Speed - The Modern Mercury', an art-deco relief sculpture on the side of the Grade II listed George's Dock Ventilation and Control Station building.
Art-deco styling surrounding the doorway of a Mersey Rail building.
Architectural detail of the angular Museum of Liverpool.
Trace tributary trails in the mudbank of the River Mersey, taken from the Albert Docks.
April - Section of the door to the Chinese Freemason building in Liverpool's Chinatown.
The twisty tail of a guardian lion statue in Liverpool's Chinatown.
Appeared in Amateur Photographer magazine’s macro photography feature discussing software I use.
Trails of dried-out overgrowth on the metal gate of the tree nursery in St.Michael's, Liverpool.
May - Folds in the clothing detail of a relief on the entrance to the Grade II listed Martins Bank Building, Liverpool.
Additional detail from the same door as above.
Multi-glazed reflection looking across the River Mersey combined with a peek through to Liverpool’s city centre.
A slightly distorted view of Liverpool ONE through square block windows of the ODEON cinema.
Looking up - a section of ceiling of Liverpool ONE.
One of those 'right-place right-time' moments - a heron facing the beam of light coming through the clouds at the Liverpool Festival Gardens.
Exhibiting work as part of Output Gallery’s series of exhibitions at The Bridewell
Declan Connolly (the curator) came up with the idea to lay the work flat on plinths - it worked out well and provided the work an unexpected perspective.
Exterior of The Bridewell Studios and Gallery.
Paint peeling from the ceiling - a characterful detail of The Bridewell Gallery.
Office windows of the University of Liverpool's School of Medicine buildings.
Taken on a workplace volunteer day - an elderly man enjoying the view out to sea from a field in Heysham, Lancashire.
June - A slither of summer light catching the side of a guardian lion statue in Chinatown, Liverpool.
String & Shadow - string hanging from the doorway shutter of Park Palace Ponies, Toxteth.
The red twenty zone - an evening summer shadow from a street sign cast against a brightly painted red wall in Dingle, Liverpool.
A section of the moat and surrounding walls of the Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset.
Wavy reflections in the metallic awning that surrounds the entrance to Birmingham New Street Station.
Walking on the ceiling - passers by reflected in the awning of Birmingham New Street Station.
Staggered roof tile arrangement on a building in the University of Liverpool School of Medicine.
The distinct brickwork layout and colour palette of the Toxteth TV building, Liverpool.
July - Reflections of nearby buildings on a sunny day in the water of docks, Liverpool.
August - Sectional surfaces of a marbled pillar along Lord Street / Derby Square, Liverpool.
September - Sand bank of the River Mersey at the far end of Otterspool Promenade.
October - A corner of the angular Museum of Liverpool.
A return to virtual photography in the world of Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac.
Peter Parker from Spider-Man 2.
Making the ‘Human-Made’ category’s shortlist for Close-Up Photographer of the Year.
November - Internal reflections of an irregularly-shaped glass lightshade in the Liverpool ONE John Lewis store.
A return to Manchester - a daring duo of stick-men scaling the side of the Arthur House building.
December - A cold snap in the weather led to frozen water and unusual patterns in the frozen surface of Sefton Park's waters.
Thanks for looking at my look-back on 2023 - I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for your continued support and I wish you all the best for 2024.
Andrew