linked and previous staff should
have been offered work by the new
company. The factory closed its
doors for the last time in 2006. It is
known to be one of the UK’s longest
industrial disputes to date.
From regular visits to the site, my
interest has grown in the current
dilapidated state of the building in
a way that echoes its recent history
of industrial dispute and failure. As
I want to specialise in architectural
photography, I have been capturing
how the site has been constructed
and to document how nature,
vandalism and short-term illegal
occupancy
has
changed
the
character of the abandoned site.
In the final year of the Foundation
Degree photography course at Coleg
Llandrillo, Rhos-on-Sea, our group
held an exhibition entitled ‘Focus
Now’ at Oriel Colwyn, North Wales
in January 2016. None of us in the
group had previously exhibited
before, however the exhibition was a
great success with positive feedback
from all and has inspired and
motivated us to exhibit more of our
work.
We would like to thank Paul
Sampson and Oriel Colwyn for their
support and the opportunity to
exhibit our work.