Formidable Photography | Mark McGowan » Liverpool City Centre http://blog.formidablephotography.com urban landscapes | architecture | graffiti | religion | art | photoblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Abandoned http://blog.formidablephotography.com/abandoned/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/abandoned/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:57:52 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3927 On Sunday I went out looking for graffiti to photograph – I found plenty of graffiti (more of that to come shortly) and this sad little fella.  He’d been left on Mann Street, which is behind Grafton Street – I’ve never really explored the rest of the area as I’d always been distracted by the graffiti there – Mann Street was a hidden gem graffiti-wise, tons of stuff to post from there.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/abandoned/feed/ 0 Infamous Last Words http://blog.formidablephotography.com/infamous-last-words/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/infamous-last-words/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:58:51 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3902 More graffiti from Grafton Street – I’ve got quite a collection of images from there now.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/infamous-last-words/feed/ 0 Banksy 4 Robbo http://blog.formidablephotography.com/banksy-4-robbo/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/banksy-4-robbo/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:24:13 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3823 Closeup shot of new Banksy graffiti, Liverpool Closeup of new Banksy graffiti, Liverpool Wideangle shot of new Banksy graffiti, Liverpool

So Liverpool got another Banksy last week (my photo of the other Liverpool Banksy is here – it’s currently under scaffolding again) but before I had chance to get a shot of it, it has been…defaced?  Added to?  Bit of a debate to be had there.

I originally thought that was just somebody being an arse but a quick Google search revealed that Robbo probably refers to “King Robbo”, a rival graffiti artist that Banksy was having a “war of the walls” with before he had an accident and ended up in a coma.  It’ll be interesting to see if there is any retaliation from the original artist.

If you fancy owning a bit of a Banksy and you’ve got a spare tenner or so (assuming it doesn’t go massively expensive in the next week) then check out this somewhat optimistic eBay auction – someone’s chancing their arm there! :)

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/banksy-4-robbo/feed/ 1 Strike http://blog.formidablephotography.com/strike-aftermath/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/strike-aftermath/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:54:26 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3780 On Wednesday (depending on which report you read) over 2m public sector workers walked out on strike over proposed government changes to their pensions.

In Liverpool, 4,500 marched through the city from the Pier Head to a rally at St.George’s Plateau.  I couldn’t attend the rally (my mate Terry did though – check out his awesome photos from the day here) but I did wander across the plateau later on and found some of the strikers placards, banners and leaflets.

Banner demanding action Unite Vuvuzela and can of Stella Artois Union Hardship Fund collecting bucket Why We're Taking action leaflet Copy of Socialist Worker newspaper in puddle Everyone Deserves A Decent Pension
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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/strike-aftermath/feed/ 0 Basnett Street Reflections http://blog.formidablephotography.com/basnett-street-reflections/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/basnett-street-reflections/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:37:20 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3655 reflection-basnett-street-2-formidable-photography reflection-basnett-street-4-formidable-photography reflection-basnett-street-1-formidable-photography reflection-basnett-street-3-formidable-photography

Some shots from the archives – shoppers reflected in the windows along Basnett Street.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/basnett-street-reflections/feed/ 0 Oriel Chambers http://blog.formidablephotography.com/oriel-chambers/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/oriel-chambers/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:20:16 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3374 Oriel Chambers on Water Street – one of my favourite buildings in the city centre and a very important one architecturally next to one of the city’s weirdest buildings, 8 Water Street (the very reflective building on the right of this shot).  More on the building and it’s ill fated architect, Peter Ellis, here.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/oriel-chambers/feed/ 1 Mind Your Head http://blog.formidablephotography.com/mind-your-head/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/mind-your-head/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 12:07:26 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=3293 Sweeting Street, Liverpool city centre.  The multitude of textures on display here really grabbed me on the way past.

You may have noticed the new blog design – I figured it was time for a change.  This design is a lot less cluttered than the last one and also allows me to move to a post-per-day format which is something I’ve been after for a while.  The archives are also much improved.

The blog site is the first to be completely overhauled but I’m also going to re-develop my portfolio site and project sites – I’m using themes from Graph Paper Press – very cool designs for very reasonable prices, I’d definitely recommend them!

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/mind-your-head/feed/ 0 Low Rider http://blog.formidablephotography.com/low-rider/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/low-rider/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:11:35 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2751 Last of the graffiti from Grafton Street (for now at least).  This one really does need to be seen to be believed, it jumps off the wall at you…

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/low-rider/feed/ 0 Counterpart http://blog.formidablephotography.com/counterpart/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/counterpart/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:36:13 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2746 Megatron’s opposite number, Optimus Prime.

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]]> http://blog.formidablephotography.com/counterpart/feed/ 0 All Hail Megatron! http://blog.formidablephotography.com/all-hail-megatron/ http://blog.formidablephotography.com/all-hail-megatron/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:35:52 +0000 FP http://blog.formidablephotography.com/?p=2734 Newest in a series of shots from Grafton Street.  As I’ve mentioned before, this wall changes almost every time I remember to stop and check it but the current wall of Transformers is without doubt the best I’ve seen so far, my shots can’t do them justice at all.

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